அறிவுஜீவிகள் திருப்தி? சர்தாரி காஷ்மீர பயங்கரவாதிகளை பயங்கரவாதிகள் என்று சொன்னதை திருப்ப பெற்றுக்கொண்டார்
தமிழ்நாட்டு பத்திரிக்கை, மற்றும் இணைய அறிவுஜீவி போலிகள் நிம்மதி பெருமூச்சு விட்டதாக தெரிகிறது.
தூ.. வெட்கம் கெட்ட நாய்கள்.
Zardari backtracks on 'terrorists' remark
NDTV Correspondent
Monday, October 06, 2008, ()
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zaradri has backtracked on his comments describing militants operating in India as 'terrorists'.
The government clarified Zardari's stand in an official statement.
"The President has made it very clear that the just cause of Kashmir and its struggle for self-determination has been a consistent central position of the PPP for forty years now. There is no change in that policy. He has never called the legitimate aspirations of Kashmiris an expression of terrorism, nor has he undermined the sufferings of the Kashmiri people. All other statements about India were in context of our current bilateral relations," said the statement.
Zardari has drawn flak in his own country following his comments in an interview in Wall Street Journal. Nawaz Sharif's party, PML-N, has taken a strong stance against Zardari's remarks.
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Monday, October 06, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
கொடைக்கானல்: மாவொயிஸ்டு தோழர்கள் வெடிகுண்டு வீசி போலீஸ் படுகாயம்
மாவோயிஸ்டு தோழர்கள் வெடிகுண்டு வீசி போலீஸ்காரர் படுகாயமடைந்தார்.
TN: Policeman injured in bomb attack
Dindigul (PTI): A member of a police team was injured in a bomb attack by a five member gang involved in a theft case at a village in Kodaikanal hills early on Sunday, police said.
The incident occurred at Sempatti in Pallangikombai village.
However police managed to nab four gang members. One of those who escaped, a woman from Kerala, was later caught by the local people and handed over to police, they said.
A case under IPC 379 (punishment for theft) has been registered against the gang by police, who had gone to Kodaikanal on a tip off that the five were staying there.
Meanwhile, unofficial sources claimed that the gang members were Maoists. They recalled the visit of the ADGP to the area recently and said he had come on specific information that some extremist elements were hiding there. Local people had informed police about the suspicious movement of the gang in the hill area.
In December 2007, four Maoists were arrested at Marugamalai in Theni district when they were preparing the ground to give arms training for their cadres. Later their accomplices, including Maoist leader Sundaramurthy, Karthick and Easwaran and Balakrishnan, were arrested.
There was also exchange of fire between police and the Maoist gang in Varushanadu in which three Maoists were seriously injured. Two others surrendered.
TN: Policeman injured in bomb attack
Dindigul (PTI): A member of a police team was injured in a bomb attack by a five member gang involved in a theft case at a village in Kodaikanal hills early on Sunday, police said.
The incident occurred at Sempatti in Pallangikombai village.
However police managed to nab four gang members. One of those who escaped, a woman from Kerala, was later caught by the local people and handed over to police, they said.
A case under IPC 379 (punishment for theft) has been registered against the gang by police, who had gone to Kodaikanal on a tip off that the five were staying there.
Meanwhile, unofficial sources claimed that the gang members were Maoists. They recalled the visit of the ADGP to the area recently and said he had come on specific information that some extremist elements were hiding there. Local people had informed police about the suspicious movement of the gang in the hill area.
In December 2007, four Maoists were arrested at Marugamalai in Theni district when they were preparing the ground to give arms training for their cadres. Later their accomplices, including Maoist leader Sundaramurthy, Karthick and Easwaran and Balakrishnan, were arrested.
There was also exchange of fire between police and the Maoist gang in Varushanadu in which three Maoists were seriously injured. Two others surrendered.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
பிகார் சிபிஎம் கம்யூனிஸ்டு தோழர், மாவோயிஸ்டு கம்யூனிஸ்டு தோழரால் சுட்டுக்கொலை
பிகார் சிபிஎம் கம்யூனிஸ்டு தோழர், மாவோயிஸ்டு கம்யூனிஸ்டு தோழரால் சுட்டுக்கொல்லப்பட்டார்
Bihar CPI-M leader shot dead by suspected Maoists
Patna, March 27: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader was shot dead by suspected Maoist guerrillas in Bihar's Begusarai district, the police said Thursday.
A motorcycle-borne guerrilla Wednesday night opened fire at Ram Pukar Mahto near his residence in Pakhtaul village, police officials said.
Mahto was a member of the Begusarai district committee of the CPI-M.
The district was once called the Leningrad of Bihar as it was a strong support base of the communists. But after the 1980s, the leftists were reduced to a minority.
Now the Maoists are trying to increase their network and activities in the district.
A few months ago, the suspected guerrillas blasted the house of CPI-M leader Dinesh Singh.
(IANS)
Bihar CPI-M leader shot dead by suspected Maoists
Patna, March 27: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader was shot dead by suspected Maoist guerrillas in Bihar's Begusarai district, the police said Thursday.
A motorcycle-borne guerrilla Wednesday night opened fire at Ram Pukar Mahto near his residence in Pakhtaul village, police officials said.
Mahto was a member of the Begusarai district committee of the CPI-M.
The district was once called the Leningrad of Bihar as it was a strong support base of the communists. But after the 1980s, the leftists were reduced to a minority.
Now the Maoists are trying to increase their network and activities in the district.
A few months ago, the suspected guerrillas blasted the house of CPI-M leader Dinesh Singh.
(IANS)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
மணிப்பூரில் 14 இந்தி பேசும் தொழிலாளர்கள் கம்யூனிச பயங்கரவாதிகளால் கொலை
மணிப்பூரில் 14 இந்தி பேசும் தொழிலாளர்கள் கம்யூனிச பயங்கரவாதிகளால் கொலை
14 migrant workers killed in Manipur
19 Mar 2008, 0237 hrs IST,
K Sarojkumar Sharma,TNN
IMPHAL: Close on the heels of the recent attacks on north Indians in Assam and Maharashtra, unidentified gunmen killed at least 14 Hindi-speaking migrants in Manipur in overnight attacks.
Police said seven Hindi-speaking people were shot dead and four others wounded in Imphal East and Thoubal districts on Tuesday morning. The attack came hours after assailants gunned down seven workers from north India in Imphal West on Monday night. No outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the killings.
The victims of Tuesday's attacks were hawkers living in Imphal. One of them, Santosh Prasad (25) from Bihar, was shot dead near Kangla Sangomsang. Three were killed at Takhel Sanjenbam while another was murdered at Keibi village. In neighbouring Thoubal district, two persons were killed around 6.30 pm.
"Some people asked us to get off while we were travelling in a truck at a desolate place. Suddenly, they opened fire. I managed to escape with an injury in the hand," said Shiva (40) from Bihar, lying in his bed at the Imphal-based Regional Institute of Medical Sciences.
"Locals brought me and another injured person named Parat to hospital," he added.
14 migrant workers killed in Manipur
19 Mar 2008, 0237 hrs IST,
K Sarojkumar Sharma,TNN
IMPHAL: Close on the heels of the recent attacks on north Indians in Assam and Maharashtra, unidentified gunmen killed at least 14 Hindi-speaking migrants in Manipur in overnight attacks.
Police said seven Hindi-speaking people were shot dead and four others wounded in Imphal East and Thoubal districts on Tuesday morning. The attack came hours after assailants gunned down seven workers from north India in Imphal West on Monday night. No outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the killings.
The victims of Tuesday's attacks were hawkers living in Imphal. One of them, Santosh Prasad (25) from Bihar, was shot dead near Kangla Sangomsang. Three were killed at Takhel Sanjenbam while another was murdered at Keibi village. In neighbouring Thoubal district, two persons were killed around 6.30 pm.
"Some people asked us to get off while we were travelling in a truck at a desolate place. Suddenly, they opened fire. I managed to escape with an injury in the hand," said Shiva (40) from Bihar, lying in his bed at the Imphal-based Regional Institute of Medical Sciences.
"Locals brought me and another injured person named Parat to hospital," he added.
Friday, March 14, 2008
மாவோயிஸ்டு பயங்கரவாதிகளால் கிராமங்கள் காலி - வீட்டுக்கு ஒருவரை கேட்டதால் மக்கள் ஓட்டம்
மாவோ பயங்கரவாதிகளால் கிராமங்கள் காலி - வீட்டுக்கு ஒருவரை கேட்டதால் மக்கள் ஓட்டம்
போபால்: "வீட்டுக்கு ஒருவரை எங்கள் படையில் சேர்க்க வேண்டும்; இல்லாவிட்டால், உயிரோடு இருக்க முடியாது' என்று மாவோயிஸ்ட் பயங்கரவாதிகள் மிரட்டியதை அடுத்து, மத்தியப்பிரதேச மாநிலத்தில் உள்ள ஏழு கிராமங்களில் இருந்து மக்கள் வெளியேறி விட்டனர்.
ம.பி., சட்டீஸ்கர் மாநிலங்களில், மாவோயிஸ்ட் பயங்கரவாதிகள் நடமாட்டம் அதிகம்; எல்லையோர மாவட்டங்களில் உள்ள மலையின கிராமங்களை வளைத்துள்ளனர். அங்கு பாதுகாப்புப்படையினரும் போக முடியாத அளவுக்கு கண்ணி வெடிகளை புதைத்துள்ளனர்; பயங்கரவாத படையினர் கண்காணித்தும் வருகின்றனர். சட்டீஸ்கர் ம.பி.,மாநில எல்லையில் உள்ள சட்டீஸ்கர் மாநிலம் பஸ்தார் மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள சில கிராமங்களை மாவோ பயங்கரவாதிகள் தங்கள் வசம் வைத்துள்ளனர். "வீட்டுக்கு ஒரு இளைஞரை எங்களுக்கு தாருங்கள்; இல்லாவிட்டால், கிராமத்தில் உயிரோடு வாழ முடியாது' என்று மிரட்டியதை அடுத்து, அங்குள்ள கிராமங்களில் இருந்து மக்கள் வெளியேறி விட்டனர்.
இதையடுத்து, எல்லையை தாண்டி, ம.பி.,யில் உள்ள ஏழு கிராமங்களில் உள்ள மலையின மக்களுக்கு மிரட்டல் விடுத்தனர். இதனால், பீதியடைந்த கிராம மக்கள் ஆயிரத்து 200 பேர், கிராமங்களை விட்டு வெளியேறி விட்டனர். இவர்கள் முகாம்களில் தங்க வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். இந்த கிராமங்களை சுற்றி வளைத்த பயங்கரவாதிகள், பயிற்சி முகாம் நடத்தி வருகின்றனர். இரு மாநில எல்லையிலும் இப்போது கடும் கண்காணிப்பு மேற் கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருகிறது. மாவோ பயங்கரவாதிகள் நடமாட்டத்தை ஒடுக்கி, மீண்டும் கிராமங்களை மீட்க நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. ஆனால், பாதுகாப்புப்படையினரால், இதுவரை கிராமங்களில் நுழையவே முடியவில்லை.
போபால்: "வீட்டுக்கு ஒருவரை எங்கள் படையில் சேர்க்க வேண்டும்; இல்லாவிட்டால், உயிரோடு இருக்க முடியாது' என்று மாவோயிஸ்ட் பயங்கரவாதிகள் மிரட்டியதை அடுத்து, மத்தியப்பிரதேச மாநிலத்தில் உள்ள ஏழு கிராமங்களில் இருந்து மக்கள் வெளியேறி விட்டனர்.
ம.பி., சட்டீஸ்கர் மாநிலங்களில், மாவோயிஸ்ட் பயங்கரவாதிகள் நடமாட்டம் அதிகம்; எல்லையோர மாவட்டங்களில் உள்ள மலையின கிராமங்களை வளைத்துள்ளனர். அங்கு பாதுகாப்புப்படையினரும் போக முடியாத அளவுக்கு கண்ணி வெடிகளை புதைத்துள்ளனர்; பயங்கரவாத படையினர் கண்காணித்தும் வருகின்றனர். சட்டீஸ்கர் ம.பி.,மாநில எல்லையில் உள்ள சட்டீஸ்கர் மாநிலம் பஸ்தார் மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள சில கிராமங்களை மாவோ பயங்கரவாதிகள் தங்கள் வசம் வைத்துள்ளனர். "வீட்டுக்கு ஒரு இளைஞரை எங்களுக்கு தாருங்கள்; இல்லாவிட்டால், கிராமத்தில் உயிரோடு வாழ முடியாது' என்று மிரட்டியதை அடுத்து, அங்குள்ள கிராமங்களில் இருந்து மக்கள் வெளியேறி விட்டனர்.
இதையடுத்து, எல்லையை தாண்டி, ம.பி.,யில் உள்ள ஏழு கிராமங்களில் உள்ள மலையின மக்களுக்கு மிரட்டல் விடுத்தனர். இதனால், பீதியடைந்த கிராம மக்கள் ஆயிரத்து 200 பேர், கிராமங்களை விட்டு வெளியேறி விட்டனர். இவர்கள் முகாம்களில் தங்க வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். இந்த கிராமங்களை சுற்றி வளைத்த பயங்கரவாதிகள், பயிற்சி முகாம் நடத்தி வருகின்றனர். இரு மாநில எல்லையிலும் இப்போது கடும் கண்காணிப்பு மேற் கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருகிறது. மாவோ பயங்கரவாதிகள் நடமாட்டத்தை ஒடுக்கி, மீண்டும் கிராமங்களை மீட்க நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. ஆனால், பாதுகாப்புப்படையினரால், இதுவரை கிராமங்களில் நுழையவே முடியவில்லை.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
ஒரிஸ்ஸாவில் கம்யூன்ஸ பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு எதிராக மாபெரும் வேட்டை
நக்ஸ்லைட்டுகள், மாவோயிஸ்டுகள் என்று பல பெயரில் அழைக்கப்படும் கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகள் 15 போலீஸ்காரர்களை கொன்றதும், ஒரிஸ்ஸா அரசும் இந்திய அரசும் இணைந்து இந்த தீவிரமான வேட்டையில் இறங்கியுள்ளன.
இந்த கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகள் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான ஆயுதங்களை போலீஸிலிருந்து திருடி எடுத்துசென்றிருப்பதால், அதிர்ச்சியடைந்து இவர்களை தேடுதல் தீவிரமடைந்துள்ளது.
Biggest ever anti-Maoist offensive in Orissa
PTI | Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi
Posted online: February 19, 2008
Launching the country's biggest ever anti-Maoist offensive, Security forces on Tuesday adopted a new strategy of guerilla warfare in the hunt for naxals in the dense forests of Orissa where additional paramilitary personnel have been rushed to join the long haul operation.
Backed by helicopters and sniffer dogs, over 1,000 policemen intensified their search for the maoists involved in the Nayagarh attack in which 14 policemen and one civilian were killed last Friday after failing to locate them in Gosmah forest, official sources said. Fresh reinforcements of 500 CRPF were rushed by the Centre.
"Besides using IAF choppers to spot the ultras inside jungles, the security forces deployed a large number of trained dogs," said a senior officer engaged in the four-day old combing operation.
Suspecting the presence of landmines and claymore mines in the jungles, the security forces were using sniffer dogs to locate the ultras suspected to be hiding in the caves of Singhasini hills near Buguda in Ganjam district.
The change of strategy to nab the ultras was believed to have been influenced by the death of three prominent members of the SOG, including assistant commandant Pramod Kumar Satpathy during the combing operation.
"Instead of chasing the ultras in jungles, the force will now wait for the enemies to surface as per the new strategy," an officer said.
"We do not want to sacrifice more personnel by directly confronting the ultras and raiding their hideouts. The enemies were obviously in an advantageous position inside the forests. They knew the routes and were well acquainted with the terrain," a police official engaged in the operation said.
The officer said that moonlight had helped the ultras to slip from their hideouts in Gosmah forest, which was encircled by the security personnel. "It was easy for the ultras to escape taking advatage of their knowledge of forest routes."
Personnel of Orissa police, SOG (special operation group), CRPF and Greyhound from Andhra Pradesh, were also carrying out the operation in the jungles of Ganjam, Kandhamal and Gajapati districts adjoining Nayagarh district.
While Kandhamal superintendent of police Nikhil Kanodia was leading a group in Daringibadi area, southern range DIG RP Koche was heading another group.
"Even district magistrates of several districts were asked to help in the combing operation, said to be the biggest ever anti-maoist operation in the country", claimed a senior Home department official.
Sources said that the combing operation was likely to continue for a long period.
Meanwhile, concerned over spate of naxal attacks in some States, the Home Ministry is seriously considering a proposal to raise fresh India Reserve Battations (IRBs) and CRPF Battalions.
A high-level meeting, chaired by Home Minister Shivraj Patil discussed the proposal with the Union Home Secretary, Special Secretary (Internal Security) and heads of central para-military forces.
இந்த கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகள் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான ஆயுதங்களை போலீஸிலிருந்து திருடி எடுத்துசென்றிருப்பதால், அதிர்ச்சியடைந்து இவர்களை தேடுதல் தீவிரமடைந்துள்ளது.
Biggest ever anti-Maoist offensive in Orissa
PTI | Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi
Posted online: February 19, 2008
Launching the country's biggest ever anti-Maoist offensive, Security forces on Tuesday adopted a new strategy of guerilla warfare in the hunt for naxals in the dense forests of Orissa where additional paramilitary personnel have been rushed to join the long haul operation.
Backed by helicopters and sniffer dogs, over 1,000 policemen intensified their search for the maoists involved in the Nayagarh attack in which 14 policemen and one civilian were killed last Friday after failing to locate them in Gosmah forest, official sources said. Fresh reinforcements of 500 CRPF were rushed by the Centre.
"Besides using IAF choppers to spot the ultras inside jungles, the security forces deployed a large number of trained dogs," said a senior officer engaged in the four-day old combing operation.
Suspecting the presence of landmines and claymore mines in the jungles, the security forces were using sniffer dogs to locate the ultras suspected to be hiding in the caves of Singhasini hills near Buguda in Ganjam district.
The change of strategy to nab the ultras was believed to have been influenced by the death of three prominent members of the SOG, including assistant commandant Pramod Kumar Satpathy during the combing operation.
"Instead of chasing the ultras in jungles, the force will now wait for the enemies to surface as per the new strategy," an officer said.
"We do not want to sacrifice more personnel by directly confronting the ultras and raiding their hideouts. The enemies were obviously in an advantageous position inside the forests. They knew the routes and were well acquainted with the terrain," a police official engaged in the operation said.
The officer said that moonlight had helped the ultras to slip from their hideouts in Gosmah forest, which was encircled by the security personnel. "It was easy for the ultras to escape taking advatage of their knowledge of forest routes."
Personnel of Orissa police, SOG (special operation group), CRPF and Greyhound from Andhra Pradesh, were also carrying out the operation in the jungles of Ganjam, Kandhamal and Gajapati districts adjoining Nayagarh district.
While Kandhamal superintendent of police Nikhil Kanodia was leading a group in Daringibadi area, southern range DIG RP Koche was heading another group.
"Even district magistrates of several districts were asked to help in the combing operation, said to be the biggest ever anti-maoist operation in the country", claimed a senior Home department official.
Sources said that the combing operation was likely to continue for a long period.
Meanwhile, concerned over spate of naxal attacks in some States, the Home Ministry is seriously considering a proposal to raise fresh India Reserve Battations (IRBs) and CRPF Battalions.
A high-level meeting, chaired by Home Minister Shivraj Patil discussed the proposal with the Union Home Secretary, Special Secretary (Internal Security) and heads of central para-military forces.
மீண்டும் நந்திகிராமத்தில் சிபிஎம் ஆட்கள் சுட்டு 10 பேர் படுகாயம்
பூமி உச்சத் பரிஷத் ஆட்களுக்கும் சிபிஎம் ஆட்களுக்கும் இடையே நடந்த போரில் 10 பேர் படுகாயம் அடைந்தனர்.
Guns blaze again in Nandigram, 10 hurt
Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata
After three months' of uneasy quiet, Nandigram once again erupted to gun battle on Monday night between the CPI(M) cadre and the opposition Bhumi Ucchhed Pratirodh Committee members, leaving 10 people hurt, one of them seriously, in East Midnapore, the district administration confirmed.
The violence started after police arrested 34 CPI(M) supporters from Takapura area on charges of last year's violence following deposition from the Bhumi Ucchhed Pratirodh Committee men, sources said adding the two sides exchanged gunshots and hurled bombs through out the night punching a big hole in the security forces' claims of "optimum sanitation" (off arms).
"The CPI(M) cadres hurled bombs at our men after their men were arrested by their own police" Bhumi Ucchhed Pratirodh Committee leader Abu Taher said.
While nine of the injured were being treated at the Nandigram primary health centre one person was admitted to Tamluk district hospital with serious injuries.
This was the first gun fight after peace returned to the area in December.
The situation was tense but under control the police said adding night vigil was stepped up in the area.
Meanwhile, the Railway Police on Tuesday found 16 rounds of live cartridges and one hand grenade at the platform of the busy Howrah Railway Station'.
In another incident the Army retrieved 28 cannon shells from GRP camp at Burdwan Station before detonating them.
In the first case the ADG Railways, Mitra couldn't confirm the sources of the find in Howrah and said the police were investigating the case.
For Burdwan, Colonel Kuldip Singh said the grenades could have gone off any time as they had been dangerously kept in the GRP station in Burdwan Railway Station premises.
The explosives were found a couple of days ago and dumped in the GRP office, sources said.
Guns blaze again in Nandigram, 10 hurt
Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata
After three months' of uneasy quiet, Nandigram once again erupted to gun battle on Monday night between the CPI(M) cadre and the opposition Bhumi Ucchhed Pratirodh Committee members, leaving 10 people hurt, one of them seriously, in East Midnapore, the district administration confirmed.
The violence started after police arrested 34 CPI(M) supporters from Takapura area on charges of last year's violence following deposition from the Bhumi Ucchhed Pratirodh Committee men, sources said adding the two sides exchanged gunshots and hurled bombs through out the night punching a big hole in the security forces' claims of "optimum sanitation" (off arms).
"The CPI(M) cadres hurled bombs at our men after their men were arrested by their own police" Bhumi Ucchhed Pratirodh Committee leader Abu Taher said.
While nine of the injured were being treated at the Nandigram primary health centre one person was admitted to Tamluk district hospital with serious injuries.
This was the first gun fight after peace returned to the area in December.
The situation was tense but under control the police said adding night vigil was stepped up in the area.
Meanwhile, the Railway Police on Tuesday found 16 rounds of live cartridges and one hand grenade at the platform of the busy Howrah Railway Station'.
In another incident the Army retrieved 28 cannon shells from GRP camp at Burdwan Station before detonating them.
In the first case the ADG Railways, Mitra couldn't confirm the sources of the find in Howrah and said the police were investigating the case.
For Burdwan, Colonel Kuldip Singh said the grenades could have gone off any time as they had been dangerously kept in the GRP station in Burdwan Railway Station premises.
The explosives were found a couple of days ago and dumped in the GRP office, sources said.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
நேபாளத்தில் கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதத்தில் இதுவரை 13000 பேர் பலி
கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதத்தால் இதுவரை நேபாளத்தில் 13000 பேர் பலியாகியுள்ளனர். அரசியல் கட்சிகள் நடத்திய பொதுக்கூட்டத்தில் தற்போது தொடர்ச்சியாக பல வெடிகுண்டுகள் வெடித்துள்ளன
Bombs Explode Ahead of Rally in Nepal
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA – 7 hours ago
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A series of explosions rocked a southern Nepalese city on Wednesday where the nation's main political parties planned to hold a mass election rally, officials said.
One man on a bicycle was injured by a blast in the main market of Birgunj, about 100 miles south of Katmandu, said the chief government administrator in the area, Bhola Siwakoti. He was hospitalized in stable condition.
No one was injured in several other minor explosions aimed at disrupting the rally, Siwakoti said.
Three suspects were arrested, he said, adding that security had been stepped up in the area.
"We have policemen guarding every corner of the city and all the entry points," he said.
Senior leaders of the seven-party ruling alliance were to address the rally later Wednesday.
Several ethnic rights groups earlier called a general strike in the area to try to disrupt the rally and were suspected of involvement in the explosions, Siwakoti said.
The groups are demanding greater autonomy in southern Nepal, more seats in the national legislature and a guaranteed number of representatives in the administration.
Since early last year, minority groups have been organizing strikes, transportation shutdowns and demonstrations in the south to demand greater recognition of their rights. Some of the protests have turned violent, leaving at least 80 people dead.
Many southerners say their region has been neglected in favor of the more populated north.
The government announced earlier this month that an election to create a Constituent Assembly to map the country's political future will be held April 10. The election is a key part of Nepal's peace process, in which communist rebels gave up a decade-long armed revolt.
The assembly is to rewrite the constitution and determine the Himalayan nation's future political system.
More than 13,000 people were killed in the decade-long communist insurgency.
Bombs Explode Ahead of Rally in Nepal
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA – 7 hours ago
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A series of explosions rocked a southern Nepalese city on Wednesday where the nation's main political parties planned to hold a mass election rally, officials said.
One man on a bicycle was injured by a blast in the main market of Birgunj, about 100 miles south of Katmandu, said the chief government administrator in the area, Bhola Siwakoti. He was hospitalized in stable condition.
No one was injured in several other minor explosions aimed at disrupting the rally, Siwakoti said.
Three suspects were arrested, he said, adding that security had been stepped up in the area.
"We have policemen guarding every corner of the city and all the entry points," he said.
Senior leaders of the seven-party ruling alliance were to address the rally later Wednesday.
Several ethnic rights groups earlier called a general strike in the area to try to disrupt the rally and were suspected of involvement in the explosions, Siwakoti said.
The groups are demanding greater autonomy in southern Nepal, more seats in the national legislature and a guaranteed number of representatives in the administration.
Since early last year, minority groups have been organizing strikes, transportation shutdowns and demonstrations in the south to demand greater recognition of their rights. Some of the protests have turned violent, leaving at least 80 people dead.
Many southerners say their region has been neglected in favor of the more populated north.
The government announced earlier this month that an election to create a Constituent Assembly to map the country's political future will be held April 10. The election is a key part of Nepal's peace process, in which communist rebels gave up a decade-long armed revolt.
The assembly is to rewrite the constitution and determine the Himalayan nation's future political system.
More than 13,000 people were killed in the decade-long communist insurgency.
Monday, January 28, 2008
மாவோயிஸ்டுகள் சிபிஎம் தலைவரின் தலையை அறுத்து துண்டித்தனர்
சுசிர் சட்டர்ஜி என்ற 62 வயது முதியவரான சிபிஎம் தலைவரின் தலையை மாவோயிஸ்டு கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் துண்டித்துள்ளனர்.
Maoists kill two CPM men in West Bengal
Wednesday, 02 January , 2008, 17:04
Kolkata: The New Year began on a violent note for the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in West Bengal as suspected Maoists struck in two southern districts killing two party members.
The leftist guerrillas shot dead Pahalan Kumar Majhi in Purulia district. The headless body of Sisir Chatterjee, a CPM zonal committee member, was recovered from Burdwan. The Maoist link was being probed into the second incident too. Both incidents occurred on Tuesday.
Majhi, a CPM worker in Purulia's Balarampur area, was shot dead after the insurgents dragged him out of his home, the police said. The CPM has called a six-hour shutdown in the area to protest the killing.
In Burdwan a group of assailants, suspected of having connections with the Maoists, killed the 52-year-old Chatterjee on Tuesday afternoon in Mangalkot area.
Chatterjee, a primary schoolteacher, was on his way back from a party meeting in Koichor village, around 170 km from Kolkata, when he was attacked.
The group, reportedly armed with sharp weapons and rods, intercepted his cycle. They slashed Chatterjee's throat, possibly with a chopper and then beheaded him, according to the police.
The police have zeroed in on a few suspects and have detained four people in connection with the murder.
"We came to know that two of them (assailants) have a strong Maoist bent of mind," said Piyush Pande, superintendent of police in Burdwan.
"As we could not find the victim's head, we suspect the gang carried it with them," Pande said, adding that Sisir had set up a resistance group to prevent criminal activities in the area.
"Both the incidents trigger an alarm that the Maoist rebels are consolidating their attacks on the CPM men in the rural belts of West Bengal. We are conducting big drives in the areas where the incidents are taking place," Raj Kanojia, West Bengal inspector general of police (law and order), told IANS.
He said in December 2007 the State police conducted a massive search operation in Maoist-affected districts including Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore.
Reacting to the increasing incident of Maoist attacks on party workers, CPM central committee member Shyamal Chakraborty held the media responsible for the incidents.
"The media reports are constantly coming in favour of these Maoists. The media representatives don't want the CPM to be in power and thus they are supporting the Maoist rebels by not writing anything against them," Chakraborty told IANS.
Maoists kill two CPM men in West Bengal
Wednesday, 02 January , 2008, 17:04
Kolkata: The New Year began on a violent note for the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in West Bengal as suspected Maoists struck in two southern districts killing two party members.
The leftist guerrillas shot dead Pahalan Kumar Majhi in Purulia district. The headless body of Sisir Chatterjee, a CPM zonal committee member, was recovered from Burdwan. The Maoist link was being probed into the second incident too. Both incidents occurred on Tuesday.
Majhi, a CPM worker in Purulia's Balarampur area, was shot dead after the insurgents dragged him out of his home, the police said. The CPM has called a six-hour shutdown in the area to protest the killing.
In Burdwan a group of assailants, suspected of having connections with the Maoists, killed the 52-year-old Chatterjee on Tuesday afternoon in Mangalkot area.
Chatterjee, a primary schoolteacher, was on his way back from a party meeting in Koichor village, around 170 km from Kolkata, when he was attacked.
The group, reportedly armed with sharp weapons and rods, intercepted his cycle. They slashed Chatterjee's throat, possibly with a chopper and then beheaded him, according to the police.
The police have zeroed in on a few suspects and have detained four people in connection with the murder.
"We came to know that two of them (assailants) have a strong Maoist bent of mind," said Piyush Pande, superintendent of police in Burdwan.
"As we could not find the victim's head, we suspect the gang carried it with them," Pande said, adding that Sisir had set up a resistance group to prevent criminal activities in the area.
"Both the incidents trigger an alarm that the Maoist rebels are consolidating their attacks on the CPM men in the rural belts of West Bengal. We are conducting big drives in the areas where the incidents are taking place," Raj Kanojia, West Bengal inspector general of police (law and order), told IANS.
He said in December 2007 the State police conducted a massive search operation in Maoist-affected districts including Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore.
Reacting to the increasing incident of Maoist attacks on party workers, CPM central committee member Shyamal Chakraborty held the media responsible for the incidents.
"The media reports are constantly coming in favour of these Maoists. The media representatives don't want the CPM to be in power and thus they are supporting the Maoist rebels by not writing anything against them," Chakraborty told IANS.
Friday, January 18, 2008
சட்டிஸ்கார்க் ஜார்க்கண்டில் 919 மக்கள் நக்ஸலைட்டுகளால் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளனர்
2006 2007இல் நக்ஸலைட்டுகள் செய்த பயங்க்ரவாத செயல்களில் 68 சதவீதம் ஜர்க்கண்ட், சட்டிஸ்கார்க் மாநிலங்களிலேயே நடைபெற்றுள்ளன என்று புள்ளிவிவரம் காட்டுகிறது.
நக்ஸலைட்டுகளால் இந்த இரண்டு வருடங்களில் கொல்லப்பட்ட பொதுமக்கள் 919பேர்கள். கொல்லப்பட்ட போலீஸார் எண்ணிக்கை 347
சென்ற வருடம் பொதுமக்கள் அதிகம் இறந்துள்ளனர். தற்போது பொதுமக்களை கொல்வதை காட்டிலும் அவர்களுக்கு நலம் பயக்கக்கூடிய மின்சார நிலையங்கள், ரோடுகள், ரயில்கள் தண்டவாளங்கள், ஆகியவற்றை அழிப்பதில் நக்ஸலைட்டுகள் கவனம் செலுத்தியுள்ளனர் என்று ஆய்வில் தெரியவருகிறது.
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand account for 68% Naxal violence
13 Jan 2008, 0932 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: As the security establishment grapples with unbridled Naxalite violence in over a dozen states, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have earned the dubious distinction of accounting for 68.16 per cent of the total incidents and 76.42 per cent of the total casualties last year.
Latest official figures compiled till the end of November last reveal that security forces suffered heavy casualties in the fight against the Maoists as 214 personnel were killed compared to 133 during the same period in 2006.
Though the number of incidents of Naxal violence was 1,385 -- almost the same as 1,398 in 2006 -- the causalities suffered by civilians was less.
While 418 civilians were killed till November 2007, the toll was 501 during the corresponding period the year before, reflecting a shift in the Maoists' strategy, Home Ministry sources said.
Rather than targeting the people, the Naxalites have set their eyes on economic installations, with the Railways bearing the worst brunt in the badly affected states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh, making senior officials in the security establishment sit up.
Realising that the menace, described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at regular internal security meetings as the "single biggest security challenge" to the country, cannot be dealt with the gun alone, the Centre is concentrating on evolving a holistic plan with focus on all-round development to wean away misguided youth.
நக்ஸலைட்டுகளால் இந்த இரண்டு வருடங்களில் கொல்லப்பட்ட பொதுமக்கள் 919பேர்கள். கொல்லப்பட்ட போலீஸார் எண்ணிக்கை 347
சென்ற வருடம் பொதுமக்கள் அதிகம் இறந்துள்ளனர். தற்போது பொதுமக்களை கொல்வதை காட்டிலும் அவர்களுக்கு நலம் பயக்கக்கூடிய மின்சார நிலையங்கள், ரோடுகள், ரயில்கள் தண்டவாளங்கள், ஆகியவற்றை அழிப்பதில் நக்ஸலைட்டுகள் கவனம் செலுத்தியுள்ளனர் என்று ஆய்வில் தெரியவருகிறது.
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand account for 68% Naxal violence
13 Jan 2008, 0932 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: As the security establishment grapples with unbridled Naxalite violence in over a dozen states, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have earned the dubious distinction of accounting for 68.16 per cent of the total incidents and 76.42 per cent of the total casualties last year.
Latest official figures compiled till the end of November last reveal that security forces suffered heavy casualties in the fight against the Maoists as 214 personnel were killed compared to 133 during the same period in 2006.
Though the number of incidents of Naxal violence was 1,385 -- almost the same as 1,398 in 2006 -- the causalities suffered by civilians was less.
While 418 civilians were killed till November 2007, the toll was 501 during the corresponding period the year before, reflecting a shift in the Maoists' strategy, Home Ministry sources said.
Rather than targeting the people, the Naxalites have set their eyes on economic installations, with the Railways bearing the worst brunt in the badly affected states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh, making senior officials in the security establishment sit up.
Realising that the menace, described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at regular internal security meetings as the "single biggest security challenge" to the country, cannot be dealt with the gun alone, the Centre is concentrating on evolving a holistic plan with focus on all-round development to wean away misguided youth.
Monday, January 07, 2008
கேரளா: இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதியும் கம்யுனிஸ பயங்கரவாதியும் கைது
ஹிஜ்புல் முஜாஹிதீன் என்ற காஷ்மீர இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாத குழுவில் ஒருவர் கேரளாவில் இடுக்கி மாவட்டத்தில் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார். இவருக்கு பல பயங்கரவாதிகள் தொடர்பு உண்டு என்று கேரள அமைச்சர் கூறியுள்ளார். (யார் மதானியா?)
இதே பகுதியில் கம்யூனிஸ நக்ஸலைட் தலைவர் ஒருவரும் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
Arrest of Hizbul activist: Vigil stepped up in Kerala
Press Trust of India
Sunday, January 6, 2008 (Thiruvananthapuram)
The suspected Hizbul Mujahideen activist arrested from Kumali in Kerala's Idukki district had terrorist links, state Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said.
The information gathered by the state police from Jammu and Kashmir authorities showed that Altaf Ahamad Khan, arrested last night, was wanted in connection with several cases relating to terrorist activities, Balakrishnan told a press meet.
Altaf had been staying in the tourist town for about five years and was suspected to have made trips to Jammu and Kashmir during this period. The police has also recovered an identity card in which his name was written as Muhammad Ahammad Butt.
In view of the development, police has been asked to step up vigil across the state with special focus on tourist centres and work sites that engage migrant labourers in large numbers, he said.
He said there had been intelligence reports that terrorists were making Kerala as a hiding place, making use of the tourism boom in the state. A top People's War Group (PWG) leader was also arrested from Ernakulam district recently.
To tackle the menace, the intelligence wing of the state police has stepped up interaction and sharing of information with its counterparts in other states.
இதே பகுதியில் கம்யூனிஸ நக்ஸலைட் தலைவர் ஒருவரும் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
Arrest of Hizbul activist: Vigil stepped up in Kerala
Press Trust of India
Sunday, January 6, 2008 (Thiruvananthapuram)
The suspected Hizbul Mujahideen activist arrested from Kumali in Kerala's Idukki district had terrorist links, state Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said.
The information gathered by the state police from Jammu and Kashmir authorities showed that Altaf Ahamad Khan, arrested last night, was wanted in connection with several cases relating to terrorist activities, Balakrishnan told a press meet.
Altaf had been staying in the tourist town for about five years and was suspected to have made trips to Jammu and Kashmir during this period. The police has also recovered an identity card in which his name was written as Muhammad Ahammad Butt.
In view of the development, police has been asked to step up vigil across the state with special focus on tourist centres and work sites that engage migrant labourers in large numbers, he said.
He said there had been intelligence reports that terrorists were making Kerala as a hiding place, making use of the tourism boom in the state. A top People's War Group (PWG) leader was also arrested from Ernakulam district recently.
To tackle the menace, the intelligence wing of the state police has stepped up interaction and sharing of information with its counterparts in other states.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
ஒரிஸ்ஸா போலிஸ் நிலையத்தின் மீது தாக்குதல் தொடுத்தது கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகளா கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகளா?
இந்துக்கள் பாதுகாப்பாக இருந்த போலீஸ் நிலையம் தாக்கப்பட்டது பலத்த சந்தேகத்தை எழுப்பியுள்ளது.
பல்வேறு துப்பாக்கிகளும் போர்தந்திரத்துடனும் நடத்தப்பட்ட இந்த தாக்குதல் சாதாரண கிராமத்தினரால் நடத்தப்பட்டிருக்கமுடியாது இது மாவோயிஸ்டு கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகளால்தான் நடத்தப்பட்டிருக்கவேண்டும் என்று ஒரிஸ்ஸா போலீஸ் சந்தேகிக்கிறது.
கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகளும் கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகளும் தமிழ்நாட்ட்டில் கூட்டு சேர்ந்திருப்பதுபோல ஒரிஸாவிலும் கூட்டாக இருக்கிறார்களா என்று தெரியவில்லை.
Orissa riots: Govt sees Maoist hand
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Press Trust of India
Saturday, January 5, 2008 (Bhubaneswar)
The Orissa government today said Maoists had a hand in the violence in riot-hit Kandhamal district where nearly 800 houses and several churches were set ablaze and three police stations attacked.
''We see the attack on a police station at Brahmanigaon village as a Maoist attack,'' Home Secretary T K Mishra said while replying a question on the role of Maoists in the communal and ethnic violence in the district.
He said police had evidence that ''the attack on Brahaminigaon police station on December 27 was carried out strategically which was not possible by villagers. Trained hands could be behind the attack.''
He said the involvement of Maoists in the attack was confirmed after recovery of 12 unlicensed guns from the village.
He, however, said the nature of attack on two other police stations at Phiringia and Baliguda were different.
Official sources said Brahmanigaon village was close to Gajapati district's Maoist affected Adaba area.
''The guns seized from villagers, who are behind bars, were sophisticated and used by Maoists,'' said a senior police officer.
Maoists in the guise of villagers attacked the police station and opened fire. A police constable was injured in the attack while an unideitified villager killed.
Maoists were also suspected to have set afire several houses at Brahmanigaon village, the sources said.
They claimed though Kandhamal district had never witnessed Maoist violence in the past, it was used by the ultras as a haven for storing firearms.
Claiming that the riot remained confined to Kandhamal district, the Home Secretary said the CRPF posted in neighbouring Gajapati district had been alerted.
The police in other Maoist-affected districts have been asked to keep a watch on movement of Maoists and whether they tried to enter Kandhamal.
பல்வேறு துப்பாக்கிகளும் போர்தந்திரத்துடனும் நடத்தப்பட்ட இந்த தாக்குதல் சாதாரண கிராமத்தினரால் நடத்தப்பட்டிருக்கமுடியாது இது மாவோயிஸ்டு கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகளால்தான் நடத்தப்பட்டிருக்கவேண்டும் என்று ஒரிஸ்ஸா போலீஸ் சந்தேகிக்கிறது.
கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகளும் கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகளும் தமிழ்நாட்ட்டில் கூட்டு சேர்ந்திருப்பதுபோல ஒரிஸாவிலும் கூட்டாக இருக்கிறார்களா என்று தெரியவில்லை.
Orissa riots: Govt sees Maoist hand
Full Coverage
Press Trust of India
Saturday, January 5, 2008 (Bhubaneswar)
The Orissa government today said Maoists had a hand in the violence in riot-hit Kandhamal district where nearly 800 houses and several churches were set ablaze and three police stations attacked.
''We see the attack on a police station at Brahmanigaon village as a Maoist attack,'' Home Secretary T K Mishra said while replying a question on the role of Maoists in the communal and ethnic violence in the district.
He said police had evidence that ''the attack on Brahaminigaon police station on December 27 was carried out strategically which was not possible by villagers. Trained hands could be behind the attack.''
He said the involvement of Maoists in the attack was confirmed after recovery of 12 unlicensed guns from the village.
He, however, said the nature of attack on two other police stations at Phiringia and Baliguda were different.
Official sources said Brahmanigaon village was close to Gajapati district's Maoist affected Adaba area.
''The guns seized from villagers, who are behind bars, were sophisticated and used by Maoists,'' said a senior police officer.
Maoists in the guise of villagers attacked the police station and opened fire. A police constable was injured in the attack while an unideitified villager killed.
Maoists were also suspected to have set afire several houses at Brahmanigaon village, the sources said.
They claimed though Kandhamal district had never witnessed Maoist violence in the past, it was used by the ultras as a haven for storing firearms.
Claiming that the riot remained confined to Kandhamal district, the Home Secretary said the CRPF posted in neighbouring Gajapati district had been alerted.
The police in other Maoist-affected districts have been asked to keep a watch on movement of Maoists and whether they tried to enter Kandhamal.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
போலிக்கம்யூனிஸ்டுகளை ஒரிஜினல் கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் சுட்டுத்தள்ளினர்
புரூலியா பலராம்பூரில் மாவோயிஸ்டுகள் (அதாவது ஒரிஜினல் மார்க்ஸ் விலாஸ் பட்டணம் பொடி) கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் போலிக்கம்யூனிஸ்டு தலைவர்களை (அதாவது சிபிஎம்) சுட்டுத்தள்ளியுள்ளனர்.
CPM leaders gunned down, finger at Maoists
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(Top) Relatives grieve over the CPM leader’s body at Balarampur, Purulia. (Below) The same picture in Chapra, Nadia. Pictures by Mita Roy and Palash Debnath
Krishnagar/Purulia, Jan. 2: Maoists shot dead two CPM leaders, in Nadia’s Chapra and Purulia’s Balarampur, within 12 hours since last night.
Ramprasad Mondal, 50, a local committee member of the CPM and a primary teacher, was cycling to school around 10.45 this morning when he ran into a gang of six, between 20 and 25 years old.
Dressed in shirts, trousers and sleeveless sweaters, the youths surrounded Mondal on a field in Madhabpur village in Chapra, about 130km from Calcutta.
Witnesses told police that two of them whipped out revolvers and shot Mondal from point-blank range in the chest and head. He died on the spot.
Mondal is the sixth CPM leader to be killed by Maoists in Nadia since June 2005.
“The murder is the handiwork of Maoists. Police movement is difficult in the area because of poor road links. The Maoists are taking advantage of that to strengthen their base in Chapra,” Nadia superintendent of police H.K. Kusumakar said.
Around 50 printed leaflets were found at the spot that warned villagers against testifying in cases pending against Maoists. “Anyone standing witness against us will meet a similar fate,” one of them read.
However, Mondal was not a witness in any such case.
Some posters also warned the villagers against hobnobbing with the police.
Local CPM legislator Samsul Alam said the rebels had earlier threatened to kill Mondal, who had been campaigning against Maoist activities
Mondal’s daughter Mohua, 20, said the family knew about the threat. “My father had not been staying out late. That is why the Maoists killed him in broad daylight,” she said.
Another band of Maoists chose the cover of darkness to kill Narayan Majhi.
The 42-year-old CPM branch committee member had gone to bed around 11 last night when 20 men in olive green fatigues barged into his house in a Balarampur village in Maoist-infested Purulia.
They tied the widower’s hands and dragged him out. The gang then shot him in the chest and ear.
“When my son shouted for help, I pleaded with them to let him go... They dragged him out and killed him,” wept Majhi’s 72-year-old mother Dhundi.
The killers left behind posters threatening to intensify Maoist movement against corruption in gram panchayats and the CPM.
“Narayan Majhi was killed by Maoists,” said Pranab Kumar Das, the additional superintendent of police.
Hours before Majhi was shot, 20 Maoists raided a house 4km away. They took away a double-barrel gun, a motorbike and a cellphone from the house of Abinash Kumar, a ration dealer at Jugidihi village.
The gang then raided two more houses before setting fire to the home of a CPM local committee member in an adjoining village.
CPM leaders gunned down, finger at Maoists
OUR BUREAU
(Top) Relatives grieve over the CPM leader’s body at Balarampur, Purulia. (Below) The same picture in Chapra, Nadia. Pictures by Mita Roy and Palash Debnath
Krishnagar/Purulia, Jan. 2: Maoists shot dead two CPM leaders, in Nadia’s Chapra and Purulia’s Balarampur, within 12 hours since last night.
Ramprasad Mondal, 50, a local committee member of the CPM and a primary teacher, was cycling to school around 10.45 this morning when he ran into a gang of six, between 20 and 25 years old.
Dressed in shirts, trousers and sleeveless sweaters, the youths surrounded Mondal on a field in Madhabpur village in Chapra, about 130km from Calcutta.
Witnesses told police that two of them whipped out revolvers and shot Mondal from point-blank range in the chest and head. He died on the spot.
Mondal is the sixth CPM leader to be killed by Maoists in Nadia since June 2005.
“The murder is the handiwork of Maoists. Police movement is difficult in the area because of poor road links. The Maoists are taking advantage of that to strengthen their base in Chapra,” Nadia superintendent of police H.K. Kusumakar said.
Around 50 printed leaflets were found at the spot that warned villagers against testifying in cases pending against Maoists. “Anyone standing witness against us will meet a similar fate,” one of them read.
However, Mondal was not a witness in any such case.
Some posters also warned the villagers against hobnobbing with the police.
Local CPM legislator Samsul Alam said the rebels had earlier threatened to kill Mondal, who had been campaigning against Maoist activities
Mondal’s daughter Mohua, 20, said the family knew about the threat. “My father had not been staying out late. That is why the Maoists killed him in broad daylight,” she said.
Another band of Maoists chose the cover of darkness to kill Narayan Majhi.
The 42-year-old CPM branch committee member had gone to bed around 11 last night when 20 men in olive green fatigues barged into his house in a Balarampur village in Maoist-infested Purulia.
They tied the widower’s hands and dragged him out. The gang then shot him in the chest and ear.
“When my son shouted for help, I pleaded with them to let him go... They dragged him out and killed him,” wept Majhi’s 72-year-old mother Dhundi.
The killers left behind posters threatening to intensify Maoist movement against corruption in gram panchayats and the CPM.
“Narayan Majhi was killed by Maoists,” said Pranab Kumar Das, the additional superintendent of police.
Hours before Majhi was shot, 20 Maoists raided a house 4km away. They took away a double-barrel gun, a motorbike and a cellphone from the house of Abinash Kumar, a ration dealer at Jugidihi village.
The gang then raided two more houses before setting fire to the home of a CPM local committee member in an adjoining village.
Friday, December 28, 2007
சிபிஎம் ஆதரவு நந்திகிராம் ஊர்வலத்தில் கலந்துகொள்ளாததற்காக முதியவர்களுக்கு அடி உதை
சிபிஎம் கட்சியினர் நடத்திய நந்திகிராம் ஊர்வலத்தில் கலந்துகொள்ளாததற்காக முதியவர்களை அடித்து உதைத்துள்ளனர் சிபிஎம் குண்டர்கள்.
Day after Buddha balm, CPM men assault elderly
28 Dec 2007, 0306 hrs IST,Nirmalya Banerjee,TNN
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NANDIGRAM: A day after chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee addressed the Nandigram villagers, his partymen on Thursday thrashed an elderly couple at Southkhali village for refusing to join a CPM rally. The couple — sympathisers of Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee — had to be hospitalised.
However, CPM's Nandigram zonal committee secretary Ashok Bera said it was an "isolated and minor" incident. Asking his partymen not to treat Opposition members as enemies, Bera said, "We are trying to convince our supporters. But BUPC members are also creating trouble in many places. Opposition has a responsibility, too."
Thursday's incident pointed to the volatile nature of the situation at 'ground zero'. Said Ashok Munian, a BUPC member from Maheshpur village, "The CM is talking peace. But it must be translated at the ground level. We are still being threatened and assaulted by CPM cadres. How can peace return if such things continue?"
Meanwhile, cops and CRPF are carrying out raids to track arms and ammunition. "Fearing raids, people are dumping weapons in canals, bushes and then informing us," a senior police officer said.
Day after Buddha balm, CPM men assault elderly
28 Dec 2007, 0306 hrs IST,Nirmalya Banerjee,TNN
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NANDIGRAM: A day after chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee addressed the Nandigram villagers, his partymen on Thursday thrashed an elderly couple at Southkhali village for refusing to join a CPM rally. The couple — sympathisers of Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee — had to be hospitalised.
However, CPM's Nandigram zonal committee secretary Ashok Bera said it was an "isolated and minor" incident. Asking his partymen not to treat Opposition members as enemies, Bera said, "We are trying to convince our supporters. But BUPC members are also creating trouble in many places. Opposition has a responsibility, too."
Thursday's incident pointed to the volatile nature of the situation at 'ground zero'. Said Ashok Munian, a BUPC member from Maheshpur village, "The CM is talking peace. But it must be translated at the ground level. We are still being threatened and assaulted by CPM cadres. How can peace return if such things continue?"
Meanwhile, cops and CRPF are carrying out raids to track arms and ammunition. "Fearing raids, people are dumping weapons in canals, bushes and then informing us," a senior police officer said.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
நந்திக்கிராமில் சிறுமிகள் பெண்களை கற்பழித்ததற்காக சிபிஎம் குண்டர்கள் மீது சிபிஐ வழக்கு
கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதிகளான சிபிஎம் குண்டர்கள் நந்திக்கிராமில் இருந்த பெண்களை கற்பழித்ததற்காகவும் கொலை செய்ததற்காகவும், அவர்கள் மீது சிபிஐ வழக்கு தொடர்ந்துள்ளது.
தாயையும் மகள்கள் இருவரையும் ஒருசேர கற்பழித்துள்ளனர் இந்த சிபிஎம் குண்டர்கள்.
போல்போட் கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதம் தொடர்கிறது!
எச்சரிக்கை
CBI files rape cases against CPM activists in Nandigram
20 Dec, 2007, 0154 hrs IST, TNN
NEW DELHI: The CBI has shattered the CPM’s pretense of political morality by holding its activists responsible for rape and murder in Nandigram. The CBI has filed cases against CPM men for the alleged rape of a mother and her two daughters. The case concerns atrocities against women in Gokul Nagar village of Nandigram.
According to the FIR, the CPM activists forcibly entered the house of the woman on March 14. The activists allegedly raped the three victims over two days and laid siege to their house. The activists then demanded money from the victims for lifting the siege. The activists left only after the mother paid Rs 1,000. This case is also mentioned in the status report filed by the CBI before the Calcutta High Court.
The other three cases have been registered against police officials and unknown persons for looting. One case relates to the failure of a policeman to register case even after a victim alleged rape by CPM goons on March 15.
The other two cases have been registered against unnamed persons who went on a looting spree on the day of police firing. These four cases were earlier registered by the West Bengal police but were later transferred to the CBI. The investigating agency has registered the cases again and will continue the investigations. All the four cases were registered by the CBI on December 15.
Till now the CBI has registered seven cases related to the Nandigram firing and ensuing violence. The accused in these cases include police officials, CPM activists and unknown persons. The CBI has told the Calcutta High Court in its status report that CPM workers dressed as policemen had fired at protesters, that witnesses were being threatened by CPM activists and that the authenticity of the medical reports handed over to the investigating agency was questionable.
The agency also alleged that a witness was beaten up for giving a statement to the agency sleuths. The agency has also questioned the police claim that only 57 rounds were fired and told the court that indications were that more rounds were fired.
The CBI had submitted the status report on the investigations into the Nandigram police firing and violence in a sealed cover to the Calcutta High Court and had sought four months time for submitting the final report. The court had granted the CBI two months time to submit the final report on the March 14 Nandigram police firing.
தாயையும் மகள்கள் இருவரையும் ஒருசேர கற்பழித்துள்ளனர் இந்த சிபிஎம் குண்டர்கள்.
போல்போட் கம்யூனிஸ பயங்கரவாதம் தொடர்கிறது!
எச்சரிக்கை
CBI files rape cases against CPM activists in Nandigram
20 Dec, 2007, 0154 hrs IST, TNN
NEW DELHI: The CBI has shattered the CPM’s pretense of political morality by holding its activists responsible for rape and murder in Nandigram. The CBI has filed cases against CPM men for the alleged rape of a mother and her two daughters. The case concerns atrocities against women in Gokul Nagar village of Nandigram.
According to the FIR, the CPM activists forcibly entered the house of the woman on March 14. The activists allegedly raped the three victims over two days and laid siege to their house. The activists then demanded money from the victims for lifting the siege. The activists left only after the mother paid Rs 1,000. This case is also mentioned in the status report filed by the CBI before the Calcutta High Court.
The other three cases have been registered against police officials and unknown persons for looting. One case relates to the failure of a policeman to register case even after a victim alleged rape by CPM goons on March 15.
The other two cases have been registered against unnamed persons who went on a looting spree on the day of police firing. These four cases were earlier registered by the West Bengal police but were later transferred to the CBI. The investigating agency has registered the cases again and will continue the investigations. All the four cases were registered by the CBI on December 15.
Till now the CBI has registered seven cases related to the Nandigram firing and ensuing violence. The accused in these cases include police officials, CPM activists and unknown persons. The CBI has told the Calcutta High Court in its status report that CPM workers dressed as policemen had fired at protesters, that witnesses were being threatened by CPM activists and that the authenticity of the medical reports handed over to the investigating agency was questionable.
The agency also alleged that a witness was beaten up for giving a statement to the agency sleuths. The agency has also questioned the police claim that only 57 rounds were fired and told the court that indications were that more rounds were fired.
The CBI had submitted the status report on the investigations into the Nandigram police firing and violence in a sealed cover to the Calcutta High Court and had sought four months time for submitting the final report. The court had granted the CBI two months time to submit the final report on the March 14 Nandigram police firing.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
மாவோயிஸ்டு பயங்கரவாதிகள் ரயில் தண்டவாளத்தை தகர்த்தனர்
சீனாவின் அடியாள்களான மாவோயிஸ்டு கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள், பிகாரில் ரயில் தண்டவாளத்தை தகர்த்தனர்.
அவர்கள் நடத்திய பந்துக்கு ஆதரவு இல்லை என்ற வெறுப்பில் இவ்வாறு ரயில் தண்டவாளத்தை தகர்த்துள்ளார்கள் என்று தெரிகிறது.
இனிமேல், பிகாரில் பல இடங்களில் ரயில் போக்குவரத்து, வளர்ச்சி இல்லை என்பதை காரணமாக வைத்து மேலும்பல இடங்களில் பஸ்களை கொளுத்துவதும், ரயில் தண்டவாளங்களை தகர்ப்பதையும் செய்வார்கள்.
Maoists blow up railway tracks in Bihar
12 Dec 2007, 0718 hrs IST,PTI
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PATNA: CPI Maoist rebels blew up railway tracks near Bhalui halt station in Lakhisarai district in the wee hours on Wednesday, disrupting train movements on Patna-Howrah mainline.
An unspecified number of armed men blasted both the Up and Down lines near Bhalui halt around 2 am, railway sources said.
Villagers who rushed to the spot on hearing the blast were fired upon, but there were no reports of casualities, East Central Railway CPRO AK Chandra said.
"The RPF and GRP personnel have reached the spot and track restoration work is on. While the Up track which was twisted under the impact of the blast is likely to be repaired by 7 am. The Down line will be repaired by 9 am," he said.
Around 15 train were controlled at various station under Danapur & Asansol Divisions.
The Maoists have earlier blown up the Bhalui halt track last month during a bandh called by them.
அவர்கள் நடத்திய பந்துக்கு ஆதரவு இல்லை என்ற வெறுப்பில் இவ்வாறு ரயில் தண்டவாளத்தை தகர்த்துள்ளார்கள் என்று தெரிகிறது.
இனிமேல், பிகாரில் பல இடங்களில் ரயில் போக்குவரத்து, வளர்ச்சி இல்லை என்பதை காரணமாக வைத்து மேலும்பல இடங்களில் பஸ்களை கொளுத்துவதும், ரயில் தண்டவாளங்களை தகர்ப்பதையும் செய்வார்கள்.
Maoists blow up railway tracks in Bihar
12 Dec 2007, 0718 hrs IST,PTI
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PATNA: CPI Maoist rebels blew up railway tracks near Bhalui halt station in Lakhisarai district in the wee hours on Wednesday, disrupting train movements on Patna-Howrah mainline.
An unspecified number of armed men blasted both the Up and Down lines near Bhalui halt around 2 am, railway sources said.
Villagers who rushed to the spot on hearing the blast were fired upon, but there were no reports of casualities, East Central Railway CPRO AK Chandra said.
"The RPF and GRP personnel have reached the spot and track restoration work is on. While the Up track which was twisted under the impact of the blast is likely to be repaired by 7 am. The Down line will be repaired by 9 am," he said.
Around 15 train were controlled at various station under Danapur & Asansol Divisions.
The Maoists have earlier blown up the Bhalui halt track last month during a bandh called by them.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
நந்திகிராமில் கொலைவெறி தாண்டமாடிய சிபிஎம் வர்க்க போராளிகள்
இதுவரை எந்த ஒரு நந்திகிராம் குற்றவாளி மீதும், மேற்கு வங்காள போலீஸ் வழக்கு தொடுக்கவில்லை என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
Mainstream, Vol XLV, No 50
Buddha’s Killing Fields of Nandigram!
Monday 3 December 2007, by D. Bandyopadhyay
It was a well-planned and equally well-executed bloody operation conducted by the armed marauders of the Communist Party of India- Marxist which started on and around November 5 and is still continuing with lesser intensity. The objective was simple and straightforward. It was to reoccupy several villages whose inhabitants were originally party loyalists who turned hostile to the party after the Haldia Development Authority published the notice regarding acquisition of land in 34 villages in Nandigram for establishing a “chemical hub”. That was on January 3, 2007. When anxious villagers went to a local Gram Panchayat Office to find out whether their homestead and agricultural lands were within the proposed area, the CPI-M Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat called the police to disperse the crowd. The police came. They lathicharged the crowd who refused to budge till they received a cogent reply. Then the police opened fire and retreated. In their panic and haste the police jeep hit a telegraph pole while driving at high speed. It overturned and caught fire. Villagers rescued the policemen from the overturned burning vehicle and allowed them to return to the police station safely. The CPI-M and the government falsely alleged that the violent crowed set fire to the jeep. If the crowd had any evil intention none of the policemen could have escaped serious injury or even death. Nothing happened to them excepting some minor injury due to the accident.
On January 7, 2007, the CPI-M goons attacked several villages in a pincer movement from land and river/canal. One Samanta family whose members owed allegiance to the CPI-M and through whose munificence they amassed huge wealth and among whom there was also an influential CPI-M local leader took the lead. From this CPI-M leader’s house shots were fired killing several innocent villagers who were caught unawares. In their rage villagers surrounded the house, killed the owner and set fire to the building. The loss of an ardent armed gang leader of the party was too hard an insult to swallow for the local party satrap, Lakshman Seth, of Haldia.
After Samanta’s death several families who were active office-bearers of the party and Panchayat left Nandigram out of fear to seek shelter in the neighbouring Khejury area which was and still now remains a CPI-M stronghold. The party and the government initially gave out a false figure of 15 thousand CPI-M active supporters having been driven out of Nandigram. The fact is that no one was driven out at that time. They left out of fright because of their closeness to active CPI-M operators who had been terrorising, intimidating, extorting the local people for their own private gain. There was an open outburst of suppressed public hatred and rage against them. It was expressed verbally without any physical violence. Altogether roughly 250 families fled away, many of them came back at the request of the local leaders and started living unmolested.
At first the Chief Minister denied that there was any notification by the government. Technically he was correct because the advance notice was given by the Haldia Development Authority (HDA) and not by the Land and Land Reforms Department. But that was mere semantics. He blamed the Opposition for creating trouble by spreading false rumours about acquisition. A newspaper published the photocopy of the notification the next day. Then the Chief Minister shifted his ground and stated that the HDA had no authority to publish such a notification. Again he committed an error because it was an advance notice and not a regular notification under the Land Acquisition Act. When he found that all his false statements were getting contradicted by document, he raved and roared saying “tear off that notice”, as if tearing off a copy of the notice would mean a change in the government’s decision to acquire 34,000 acres of land for the chemical hub to be set up by the Salem Group of Indonesia. After a few more farcical motions he announced that the project would be kept on hold for a while. He thought that that would pacify the angry peasants. They saw through the sinister game and got more angry. They organised themselves under the banner of the “Bhumi Uchhched Pratirodh Committee” (Committee for Resistance Against Forcible Eviction—BUPC). Thus began the battle for Nandigram.
Incidentally, Nandigram had been a red bastion for several decades. Way back in the late forties of the last century there was the tebhaga movement for the protection of the rights of sharecroppers. Bhupal Panda of the then united CPI led the movement. He was a legendary leader of the deprived and oppressed cultivators and agricultural labourers. The Left leanings of the inhabitants are more than six decades old. There was no “Opposition” party before the events of January 7, 2007. The CPI-M leadership cried “wolf” where there was none.
The CPI-M leadership started smarting sharply from the utter political humiliation they suffered in Nandigram. “Revenge” became the party’s buzz-word. The lost ground had to be regained at any cost. The government and the party fused into one. The bureaucracy and the police were brainwashed to treat the one for the other. Thirty years of one-party rule resulted in the total subversion of the neutrality and impartiality of the bureaucracy and the police. Instead of the “rule of law” they started believing in the “rule of the party”. Both became handy tools of the party bosses’ sinister game-plans to reconquer Nandigram in the same manner as the old zamindars used to fight to gain or regain territory.
AFTER two months of preparation the party and the government decided to strike back. Under the direction of the Police Minister, who was also the Chief Minister, about five battalions of armed policemen were mobilised. In addition, the CPI-M’s own armed cadres and roughs and goondas hired for the purpose were also deployed. The blueprint of the attack was prepared, as reported in the press, in the guest house of the Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant where the IG of Police, DIG of Police and the SP of East Midnapore along with the party bosses were present. The attack was planned on March 13. Reports of impending invasion were reaching a wide circle of public outside Nandigarm. The Governor of the State was at Chennai on March 13. He was informed of the imminent aggression on the peaceful peasantry of Nandigram. It must be put on record that strictly within his constitutional rights of advising and warning the government, the Governor advised utmost restraint to be shown in case of any police action. This was conveyed in no uncertain terms to the State Home Secretary by the Governor’s Secretary by the afternoon of March 13, 2007. These are all matters of record. No attack took place on March 13, 2007. On March 14 morning when the Governor was flying back to Kolkata from Chennai and was practically incommunicado, the operation started at 9.45 am. The armed police of the State and the armed goons of the party started indiscriminate fire on the unarmed children, women and men of Nandigram who were coming out of temples and mosques. Meanwhile roadblocks were set up all along on all the roads to Nandigram. These were manned openly by the CPI-M cadres aided and abetted by the police. Nobody from outside could go to Nandigram in the next 72 hours. So much so, that when the Governor wanted to visit Tamluk hospital on March 15, 2007, his convoy was obstructed by the CPI-M members on the road. When the Governor threatened to walk about 10 km alone leaving behind his convoy, on instructions from Kolkata, his motorcade was allowed to proceed to the hospital only and not beyond it.
There were various estimates regarding the number of persons killed, injured, missing and about the number of women raped and molested. The government obviously tried to suppress the facts. On the other side rumours spread that about hundred persons were killed whose bodies were taken away by the goons for disposal elsewhere. A group of non-partisan social scientists conducted a survey by the census method in 40 per cent of households in the affected villages a month-and-a-half after the event. They followed a strictly statistical methodology. Their findings are given below and in the following page.
Table 1: Serious Physical Injury in Nandigram on March 14, 2007
Sl. Nature of Injury Male Female Total
1 Bullet injury 41 18 59
2 Rubber Bullet injury 22 15 37
3 Fibre Rod/Baton/Rifle butt injury etc. 108 12 120
4 Tear gas shell burst injury 14 12 26
5 Bomb injury 2 - 2
Total 187 57 244
Thus on March 14, 2007, 244 persons, including 57 women, suffered serious physical injuries; 348 women suffered sexual atrocities of different kinds, including 11 rape cases; 14 persons including two women were killed; and four persons had been missing since March 14, 2007. These figures relate to only 40 per cent of the households in the affected villages.
Table 2: Severe Atrocities on Women on March 14 and 15
SL.No. Nature of Torture Number
1 Physical Torture 274
2 Modesty Violation 46
3 Sexual Torture 17
4 Rape 11
Total 348
Table 3: Deaths on March 14, 2007
Male Female Total
12 2 14
Table 4: Missing since March 14, 2007
Male Female Total
3 1 4
(Source: Sameekshak Samannaya: Nandigram March 14; September 2007, Kolkata, p. 13)
On March 15, 2007, the Governor expressed his “cold horror” while condemning the unnecessary and avoidable bloodbath. On the same day on a PIL petition the Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to enquire into the happenings in Nandigram and to submit a report within a week. The CBI found ample evidence of indiscriminate firing from both the police firearms and civilian firearms. They recovered empty shells of 315 sporting rifles. They found out an arsenal at the “Ma Janani” brick kiln in Khejury and arrested 10 goons with illegal firearms. They handed over these culprits to the State Police who released them all after 90 days deliberately without filing any chargesheet. With the presence of the CBI in the region peace was restored. Almost all the culprits fled away. The CBI submitted their preliminary report within seven days in a sealed cover to the High Court. The fact that all the miscreants were CPI-M supporters or hired by them was amply demonstrated by the CBI’s very limited enquiry. But what did the High Court do?
The High Court initially did nothing. To make the report of the CBI public and to advise them to carry on the investigation, a number of PILs were filed. Instead of throwing out these petitions as not maintainable, the High Court gave a formal hearing which ended in July 2007. Delivering the judgement in the Nandigram killings case on November 16, 2007 the High Court held that the police firing there on March 14, in which 14 people had been killed, was wholly unjustified and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution. The Division Bench, which passed the order, stated that the CBI inquiry into the Nandigram incident would continue and asked the investigating agency to submit a comprehensive report to it (the HC) within a month. The Court rejected all the arguments of the State Government, including its plea for stay on the implementation of the HC’s order. So far so good. But if the order had come prior to the autumn recess of the High Court, perhaps the second wave of the more horrendous bloody events could have been avoided. Meanwhile, on the plea that matters were pending in the High Court the State Government did not take any legal action against the offenders, nor did it initiate any departmental action against any defaulting officer. Not a single arrest was made. The State Government does not believe in the rule of law since such a regime of rule of law would go against the interests of the party members who are busy amassing illegal wealth and abusing power for their personal gain and for promoting group interest. Though delayed, even in their darkest hour, this judgement came as a great morale booster for the suffering peasantry of Nandigram.
THE long silence of the judiciary emboldened the party leadership. They had been carrying on probing attacks from the Khejury side since mid-April onwards. But instead of being cowed down, the members of the BUPC stiffened their resistance. The party and its government could not tolerate such impudence from the unarmed organised peasantry who were their loyalists for so many decades. The failure to “reconquer” Nandigram was hurting the prestige and the image of the party leadership. From late September onwards party leaders at all levels started planning a bloody offensive to recapture Nandigram. It should be stated here that there were no “Opposition” parties in this area before the disturbance started. It was a people’s uprising. Other parties were trying to ride on the surf. They did not create the surf.
A six-stage blueprint was prepared which was finalised again in a meeting of senior police officers in the same guest house of Kolaghat Thermal Plant. First, an intensive propaganda blitz of disinformation and misinformation was launched. They said falsely that 15,000 (which later on was scaled down to 3500) of their supporters had been driven out. The party found that calling the Jamait-e-Ulema-e-Hind as a communal force could adversely affect its Muslim vote-bank, so they dropped its name. They brought in the Maoists instead. That was because it would be a music to the ears of Government of India, particularly the Ministry of Home Affairs. The State Government’s open anti-Maoist stand helped them to come nearer to the GOI. False stories were spread that Maoists and Trinamul Congress workers were organising arms training, building bunkers, gathering deadly weapons, including automatic rifles, mortar, mines etc, though the State Home Secretary in a recent interview stated that the police did not find any evidence of Maoist incursion in the area.
Secondly, large scale mobilisation of known assassins, killers, murderers on payment of money of Rs 12000, for each night of operation and payment of Rs 2 lakhs to the next of kin in case of death for ordinary soldiers started in earnest. A well-known mafia don from the coal region and his gang were also deployed. A group of dacoits of the Salim gang was requisitioned from South 24-Parganas. Outlaws from Garbeta region under the leadership of Tapan Ghosh and Sukur Ali, popularly known as “butchers of Garbeta and Chhoto Angaria”, were brought down from that area. In addition, known roughs and gangsters with their helpers were hired from Bankura, Purulia, West Medinipur and Arambagh of Hooghly. A known ruffian from Baruipur with his villainous followers was hired. Along with money they were provided with free shelter, food and alcohol etc. to keep them happy.
Thirdly, a six-pronged attack programme was chalked out to avoid known points of resistance of the BUPC.
Fourthly, to clear the deck for free and easy operation all police pickets along the Tekhali canal and other sensitive spots were withdrawn and the whole area was cordoned off to prevent ingress or egress of any “outsiders”.
Fifthly, deadly weapons like AK-47s and AK-56s, Ichhapore rifles, locally made shotguns and adequate ammunition were stored at vantage points. In this operation three Ministers and several MPs were involved. High explosive bombs started to be manufactured in a couple of places under the guidance of known “ustads” of the underworld. Incidentally, in one of the manufacturing units in Khejury, there was a nasty explosion which killed one of the “ustad” bomb-makers and two of his ‘chelas’ after which this story came out.
Sixthly, while experienced gang leaders were in charge of different sectors, some of the known CPI-M leaders were deployed as Political Commissars to these sector commanders.
The time given to the “Operation Reconquest” was seventytwo to ninetysix hours.
From around November 3 and 4, 2007, all roads leading to Nandigram were blocked by slogan-shouting CPI-M cadres. TMC leader Mamata Banerjee could go only up to Tamluk which was about 70 km away from Nandigram. Medha Patkar had to return twice, once from Kapasberia and the next time from Kolaghat, which is only an hour’s drive from Calcutta. No mediapersons, excepting one TV channel of their choice, were allowed to go. They are unable to go even now (November 17, 2007). Only one reporter of the Dainik Statesman stayed back as a part of the local population and sent graphic despatches.
WHEN the operation started it could not make any significant incursion due to the resistance of the BUPC volunteers. Then the BUPC made a major tactical error. They decided to take out two processions of their supporters on November 10 morning without any arms (not even with lathis) towards the peripheral villages under “red” occupation. In an absolutely military manner the CPI-M cadres ambushed these two processions from two points killing roughly 100 persons, injuring over 150 and capturing about 800 or so unarmed villagers. They also carried away most of the dead bodies and some wounded persons. Then they lit up a huge community funeral pyre where both the dead and some living injured persons were burnt alive. Their savagery far exceeded any recorded incident of cruelty and brutality of the Middle Ages.
Next day on November 11, 2007 the goons put in front the human shield of the captured persons and started moving in. Resisting them would mean killing their own men and women. Resistance leaders decided to withdraw en masse. Armed bandits entered the deserted villages of Sonachura, Gokulnagar and Garh Chakraberia. Reconquest of Nandigram was completed. As a token of conquest they planted red flags all over the area which BJP leader L.K. Advani himself witnessed on his visit to Nandigram. (Ashish Ghosh, Dainik Statesman, November 15, 2007) The stories of savagery that are trickling out are blood-chilling. Since these murderers do not obey any law, they could not care less about the laws of war. Major Aditya Bera (Retd.) settled down in his own village at Gokulnagar after retirement. On the morning of November 10, 2007, he joined hundreds of his co-villagers in a peaceful procession. As the procession approached the point of hidden ambush, the marchers faced intense fire. A bullet hit Major Bera. He had nothing in hand to fight back excepting his courage and loyalty to the nation with which he served for more than three decades as an officer of the Indian Army. He was dragged along and taken to a party operational headquarters for interrogation. Since he was a retired Major they thought he gave the BUPC tactical advice. He had nothing to tell them. Finding him of no operational value, they shot him dead and as a sign of primordial barbarity they beheaded him. Major Bera who earlier in life fought for mother India, died in the hands of villains of uncertain parentage. Kanai Sheet of Sonachura was the father of Khokan Sheet, a well-known leader of the BUPC. Both of them suffered bullet injuries. Khokan could escape. Kanai was not that lucky. He was taken to Khejury, tortured and killed because his son was resisting land acquisition. (Sukumar Mitra: Despatch from Nandigram: Dainik Statesman)
Horrifying stories of gang rape were told by a few surviving victims in Tamluk hospital where they were undergoing treatment. Afroza Bibi, a rape victim stated that on November 11, 2007 when she had come back from the noon namaaz about 30 armed persons entered her house. They first started beating them up with butts of guns. Then Bachhu, Mir Ahshan, Kalu, S.K. Barik and Abdul Rauf raped her consecutively in presence of her second daughter (16) and youngest daughter (14). Other ruffians looked on. Then her two daughters were gangraped in her presence. Thereafter they kidnapped them. Afroza Bibi did not know where they had taken them. She further stated all of them were known persons. Equally horrifying was the experience of Krishna Pramanik (26). She was dragged away from the procession and gangraped publicly in a public field. She lost consciousness. All these stories were video recorded by volunteer medical personnel later on. (Biswaji Ghosh: Dainik Statesman, Kolkata, November 13, 2007, p. 3)
I stop narrating any more story of bestiality and barbarity.
AND what was the reaction of the Chief Minister Buddha Bhattacharjee? After the “Reconquest of Nandigram” he held a formal press/media conference at the Writers’ Building. He said: “We paid them back in the same coin … Serves them right.” When a journalist asked him whether he was the Chief Minister of West Bengal or only of the CPI-M, the agitated CM shot back that the journal where the journalist worked had been writing provocative pieces for the last 11 months. In any other State such a paper would have been banned. But he did not do so because “I do not want to soil my hand by killing a stinking mole”. This paper is Bartaman, a well-reputed and well-respected Bengali newspaper with more than half-a-million circulation. Commenting on this outrageous observation of the Chief Minister, Ravindra Kumar, Editor of The Statesman, observed: “Unlike the protections granted to the judiciary and legislatures, the law—anticipating perhaps the quality of rulers we would give ourselves—does not characterise contempt of an administrator or of a Chief Minister as a crime. Mr Bhattacharjee’s comment is not only beneath contempt, but it is ominous.” (The Statesman, Kolkata, November 17, 2007)
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the Governor of West Bengal, a noble soul, issued a statement on the happenings of Nandigram on November 9, 2007 to discharge his constitutional duty as a Governor “to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law”. He observed, inter alia, “ … But the manner in which the ‘recapture’ of Nandigram villages is being attempted is totally unlawful and unacceptable. I find it equally unacceptable that while Nandigram has been ingressed with ease by armed people on the one hand, political and non-political persons trying to reach it had been violently obstructed. Some of them were bearing relief articles for the homeless. The treatment meted to Smt Medha Patkar and other associates of hers last evening (November 8, 2007) was against all norms of civilised political behaviour.” He advised the State Government to take certain immediate steps. “These include (i) immediate return of the ingressers; (ii) the giving of urgent relief to the displaced persons in Nandigram; and (iii) the facilitation of their return to their homes. I have also asked the administration to remove the new unauthorised manmade blocks at entry points to (here he mentions names of four different roads) … Let me conclude by saying: Enough is enough. Peace and security should be restored without any delay.”
That was November 9. Full-blooded operations with primordial bestiality and cruelty continued for another 48 hours, that is, till November 11, 2007. Even today sporadic killings and mayhem are continuing in the presence of the CRPF and the State Police. Obviously the threat of pulling the rug by the CPI-M has totally paralysed and incapacitated the UPA Government at the Centre. As a result, they are unable to issue appropriate directive under Article 355 of the Constitution to restore the rule of law in Nandigram and elsewhere in West Bengal after such a severe indictment of the State Government by the Governor and the Calcutta High Court.
The author was the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministries of Finance (Revenue) and Rural Development, and the Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila.
Mainstream, Vol XLV, No 50
Buddha’s Killing Fields of Nandigram!
Monday 3 December 2007, by D. Bandyopadhyay
It was a well-planned and equally well-executed bloody operation conducted by the armed marauders of the Communist Party of India- Marxist which started on and around November 5 and is still continuing with lesser intensity. The objective was simple and straightforward. It was to reoccupy several villages whose inhabitants were originally party loyalists who turned hostile to the party after the Haldia Development Authority published the notice regarding acquisition of land in 34 villages in Nandigram for establishing a “chemical hub”. That was on January 3, 2007. When anxious villagers went to a local Gram Panchayat Office to find out whether their homestead and agricultural lands were within the proposed area, the CPI-M Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat called the police to disperse the crowd. The police came. They lathicharged the crowd who refused to budge till they received a cogent reply. Then the police opened fire and retreated. In their panic and haste the police jeep hit a telegraph pole while driving at high speed. It overturned and caught fire. Villagers rescued the policemen from the overturned burning vehicle and allowed them to return to the police station safely. The CPI-M and the government falsely alleged that the violent crowed set fire to the jeep. If the crowd had any evil intention none of the policemen could have escaped serious injury or even death. Nothing happened to them excepting some minor injury due to the accident.
On January 7, 2007, the CPI-M goons attacked several villages in a pincer movement from land and river/canal. One Samanta family whose members owed allegiance to the CPI-M and through whose munificence they amassed huge wealth and among whom there was also an influential CPI-M local leader took the lead. From this CPI-M leader’s house shots were fired killing several innocent villagers who were caught unawares. In their rage villagers surrounded the house, killed the owner and set fire to the building. The loss of an ardent armed gang leader of the party was too hard an insult to swallow for the local party satrap, Lakshman Seth, of Haldia.
After Samanta’s death several families who were active office-bearers of the party and Panchayat left Nandigram out of fear to seek shelter in the neighbouring Khejury area which was and still now remains a CPI-M stronghold. The party and the government initially gave out a false figure of 15 thousand CPI-M active supporters having been driven out of Nandigram. The fact is that no one was driven out at that time. They left out of fright because of their closeness to active CPI-M operators who had been terrorising, intimidating, extorting the local people for their own private gain. There was an open outburst of suppressed public hatred and rage against them. It was expressed verbally without any physical violence. Altogether roughly 250 families fled away, many of them came back at the request of the local leaders and started living unmolested.
At first the Chief Minister denied that there was any notification by the government. Technically he was correct because the advance notice was given by the Haldia Development Authority (HDA) and not by the Land and Land Reforms Department. But that was mere semantics. He blamed the Opposition for creating trouble by spreading false rumours about acquisition. A newspaper published the photocopy of the notification the next day. Then the Chief Minister shifted his ground and stated that the HDA had no authority to publish such a notification. Again he committed an error because it was an advance notice and not a regular notification under the Land Acquisition Act. When he found that all his false statements were getting contradicted by document, he raved and roared saying “tear off that notice”, as if tearing off a copy of the notice would mean a change in the government’s decision to acquire 34,000 acres of land for the chemical hub to be set up by the Salem Group of Indonesia. After a few more farcical motions he announced that the project would be kept on hold for a while. He thought that that would pacify the angry peasants. They saw through the sinister game and got more angry. They organised themselves under the banner of the “Bhumi Uchhched Pratirodh Committee” (Committee for Resistance Against Forcible Eviction—BUPC). Thus began the battle for Nandigram.
Incidentally, Nandigram had been a red bastion for several decades. Way back in the late forties of the last century there was the tebhaga movement for the protection of the rights of sharecroppers. Bhupal Panda of the then united CPI led the movement. He was a legendary leader of the deprived and oppressed cultivators and agricultural labourers. The Left leanings of the inhabitants are more than six decades old. There was no “Opposition” party before the events of January 7, 2007. The CPI-M leadership cried “wolf” where there was none.
The CPI-M leadership started smarting sharply from the utter political humiliation they suffered in Nandigram. “Revenge” became the party’s buzz-word. The lost ground had to be regained at any cost. The government and the party fused into one. The bureaucracy and the police were brainwashed to treat the one for the other. Thirty years of one-party rule resulted in the total subversion of the neutrality and impartiality of the bureaucracy and the police. Instead of the “rule of law” they started believing in the “rule of the party”. Both became handy tools of the party bosses’ sinister game-plans to reconquer Nandigram in the same manner as the old zamindars used to fight to gain or regain territory.
AFTER two months of preparation the party and the government decided to strike back. Under the direction of the Police Minister, who was also the Chief Minister, about five battalions of armed policemen were mobilised. In addition, the CPI-M’s own armed cadres and roughs and goondas hired for the purpose were also deployed. The blueprint of the attack was prepared, as reported in the press, in the guest house of the Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant where the IG of Police, DIG of Police and the SP of East Midnapore along with the party bosses were present. The attack was planned on March 13. Reports of impending invasion were reaching a wide circle of public outside Nandigarm. The Governor of the State was at Chennai on March 13. He was informed of the imminent aggression on the peaceful peasantry of Nandigram. It must be put on record that strictly within his constitutional rights of advising and warning the government, the Governor advised utmost restraint to be shown in case of any police action. This was conveyed in no uncertain terms to the State Home Secretary by the Governor’s Secretary by the afternoon of March 13, 2007. These are all matters of record. No attack took place on March 13, 2007. On March 14 morning when the Governor was flying back to Kolkata from Chennai and was practically incommunicado, the operation started at 9.45 am. The armed police of the State and the armed goons of the party started indiscriminate fire on the unarmed children, women and men of Nandigram who were coming out of temples and mosques. Meanwhile roadblocks were set up all along on all the roads to Nandigram. These were manned openly by the CPI-M cadres aided and abetted by the police. Nobody from outside could go to Nandigram in the next 72 hours. So much so, that when the Governor wanted to visit Tamluk hospital on March 15, 2007, his convoy was obstructed by the CPI-M members on the road. When the Governor threatened to walk about 10 km alone leaving behind his convoy, on instructions from Kolkata, his motorcade was allowed to proceed to the hospital only and not beyond it.
There were various estimates regarding the number of persons killed, injured, missing and about the number of women raped and molested. The government obviously tried to suppress the facts. On the other side rumours spread that about hundred persons were killed whose bodies were taken away by the goons for disposal elsewhere. A group of non-partisan social scientists conducted a survey by the census method in 40 per cent of households in the affected villages a month-and-a-half after the event. They followed a strictly statistical methodology. Their findings are given below and in the following page.
Table 1: Serious Physical Injury in Nandigram on March 14, 2007
Sl. Nature of Injury Male Female Total
1 Bullet injury 41 18 59
2 Rubber Bullet injury 22 15 37
3 Fibre Rod/Baton/Rifle butt injury etc. 108 12 120
4 Tear gas shell burst injury 14 12 26
5 Bomb injury 2 - 2
Total 187 57 244
Thus on March 14, 2007, 244 persons, including 57 women, suffered serious physical injuries; 348 women suffered sexual atrocities of different kinds, including 11 rape cases; 14 persons including two women were killed; and four persons had been missing since March 14, 2007. These figures relate to only 40 per cent of the households in the affected villages.
Table 2: Severe Atrocities on Women on March 14 and 15
SL.No. Nature of Torture Number
1 Physical Torture 274
2 Modesty Violation 46
3 Sexual Torture 17
4 Rape 11
Total 348
Table 3: Deaths on March 14, 2007
Male Female Total
12 2 14
Table 4: Missing since March 14, 2007
Male Female Total
3 1 4
(Source: Sameekshak Samannaya: Nandigram March 14; September 2007, Kolkata, p. 13)
On March 15, 2007, the Governor expressed his “cold horror” while condemning the unnecessary and avoidable bloodbath. On the same day on a PIL petition the Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to enquire into the happenings in Nandigram and to submit a report within a week. The CBI found ample evidence of indiscriminate firing from both the police firearms and civilian firearms. They recovered empty shells of 315 sporting rifles. They found out an arsenal at the “Ma Janani” brick kiln in Khejury and arrested 10 goons with illegal firearms. They handed over these culprits to the State Police who released them all after 90 days deliberately without filing any chargesheet. With the presence of the CBI in the region peace was restored. Almost all the culprits fled away. The CBI submitted their preliminary report within seven days in a sealed cover to the High Court. The fact that all the miscreants were CPI-M supporters or hired by them was amply demonstrated by the CBI’s very limited enquiry. But what did the High Court do?
The High Court initially did nothing. To make the report of the CBI public and to advise them to carry on the investigation, a number of PILs were filed. Instead of throwing out these petitions as not maintainable, the High Court gave a formal hearing which ended in July 2007. Delivering the judgement in the Nandigram killings case on November 16, 2007 the High Court held that the police firing there on March 14, in which 14 people had been killed, was wholly unjustified and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution. The Division Bench, which passed the order, stated that the CBI inquiry into the Nandigram incident would continue and asked the investigating agency to submit a comprehensive report to it (the HC) within a month. The Court rejected all the arguments of the State Government, including its plea for stay on the implementation of the HC’s order. So far so good. But if the order had come prior to the autumn recess of the High Court, perhaps the second wave of the more horrendous bloody events could have been avoided. Meanwhile, on the plea that matters were pending in the High Court the State Government did not take any legal action against the offenders, nor did it initiate any departmental action against any defaulting officer. Not a single arrest was made. The State Government does not believe in the rule of law since such a regime of rule of law would go against the interests of the party members who are busy amassing illegal wealth and abusing power for their personal gain and for promoting group interest. Though delayed, even in their darkest hour, this judgement came as a great morale booster for the suffering peasantry of Nandigram.
THE long silence of the judiciary emboldened the party leadership. They had been carrying on probing attacks from the Khejury side since mid-April onwards. But instead of being cowed down, the members of the BUPC stiffened their resistance. The party and its government could not tolerate such impudence from the unarmed organised peasantry who were their loyalists for so many decades. The failure to “reconquer” Nandigram was hurting the prestige and the image of the party leadership. From late September onwards party leaders at all levels started planning a bloody offensive to recapture Nandigram. It should be stated here that there were no “Opposition” parties in this area before the disturbance started. It was a people’s uprising. Other parties were trying to ride on the surf. They did not create the surf.
A six-stage blueprint was prepared which was finalised again in a meeting of senior police officers in the same guest house of Kolaghat Thermal Plant. First, an intensive propaganda blitz of disinformation and misinformation was launched. They said falsely that 15,000 (which later on was scaled down to 3500) of their supporters had been driven out. The party found that calling the Jamait-e-Ulema-e-Hind as a communal force could adversely affect its Muslim vote-bank, so they dropped its name. They brought in the Maoists instead. That was because it would be a music to the ears of Government of India, particularly the Ministry of Home Affairs. The State Government’s open anti-Maoist stand helped them to come nearer to the GOI. False stories were spread that Maoists and Trinamul Congress workers were organising arms training, building bunkers, gathering deadly weapons, including automatic rifles, mortar, mines etc, though the State Home Secretary in a recent interview stated that the police did not find any evidence of Maoist incursion in the area.
Secondly, large scale mobilisation of known assassins, killers, murderers on payment of money of Rs 12000, for each night of operation and payment of Rs 2 lakhs to the next of kin in case of death for ordinary soldiers started in earnest. A well-known mafia don from the coal region and his gang were also deployed. A group of dacoits of the Salim gang was requisitioned from South 24-Parganas. Outlaws from Garbeta region under the leadership of Tapan Ghosh and Sukur Ali, popularly known as “butchers of Garbeta and Chhoto Angaria”, were brought down from that area. In addition, known roughs and gangsters with their helpers were hired from Bankura, Purulia, West Medinipur and Arambagh of Hooghly. A known ruffian from Baruipur with his villainous followers was hired. Along with money they were provided with free shelter, food and alcohol etc. to keep them happy.
Thirdly, a six-pronged attack programme was chalked out to avoid known points of resistance of the BUPC.
Fourthly, to clear the deck for free and easy operation all police pickets along the Tekhali canal and other sensitive spots were withdrawn and the whole area was cordoned off to prevent ingress or egress of any “outsiders”.
Fifthly, deadly weapons like AK-47s and AK-56s, Ichhapore rifles, locally made shotguns and adequate ammunition were stored at vantage points. In this operation three Ministers and several MPs were involved. High explosive bombs started to be manufactured in a couple of places under the guidance of known “ustads” of the underworld. Incidentally, in one of the manufacturing units in Khejury, there was a nasty explosion which killed one of the “ustad” bomb-makers and two of his ‘chelas’ after which this story came out.
Sixthly, while experienced gang leaders were in charge of different sectors, some of the known CPI-M leaders were deployed as Political Commissars to these sector commanders.
The time given to the “Operation Reconquest” was seventytwo to ninetysix hours.
From around November 3 and 4, 2007, all roads leading to Nandigram were blocked by slogan-shouting CPI-M cadres. TMC leader Mamata Banerjee could go only up to Tamluk which was about 70 km away from Nandigram. Medha Patkar had to return twice, once from Kapasberia and the next time from Kolaghat, which is only an hour’s drive from Calcutta. No mediapersons, excepting one TV channel of their choice, were allowed to go. They are unable to go even now (November 17, 2007). Only one reporter of the Dainik Statesman stayed back as a part of the local population and sent graphic despatches.
WHEN the operation started it could not make any significant incursion due to the resistance of the BUPC volunteers. Then the BUPC made a major tactical error. They decided to take out two processions of their supporters on November 10 morning without any arms (not even with lathis) towards the peripheral villages under “red” occupation. In an absolutely military manner the CPI-M cadres ambushed these two processions from two points killing roughly 100 persons, injuring over 150 and capturing about 800 or so unarmed villagers. They also carried away most of the dead bodies and some wounded persons. Then they lit up a huge community funeral pyre where both the dead and some living injured persons were burnt alive. Their savagery far exceeded any recorded incident of cruelty and brutality of the Middle Ages.
Next day on November 11, 2007 the goons put in front the human shield of the captured persons and started moving in. Resisting them would mean killing their own men and women. Resistance leaders decided to withdraw en masse. Armed bandits entered the deserted villages of Sonachura, Gokulnagar and Garh Chakraberia. Reconquest of Nandigram was completed. As a token of conquest they planted red flags all over the area which BJP leader L.K. Advani himself witnessed on his visit to Nandigram. (Ashish Ghosh, Dainik Statesman, November 15, 2007) The stories of savagery that are trickling out are blood-chilling. Since these murderers do not obey any law, they could not care less about the laws of war. Major Aditya Bera (Retd.) settled down in his own village at Gokulnagar after retirement. On the morning of November 10, 2007, he joined hundreds of his co-villagers in a peaceful procession. As the procession approached the point of hidden ambush, the marchers faced intense fire. A bullet hit Major Bera. He had nothing in hand to fight back excepting his courage and loyalty to the nation with which he served for more than three decades as an officer of the Indian Army. He was dragged along and taken to a party operational headquarters for interrogation. Since he was a retired Major they thought he gave the BUPC tactical advice. He had nothing to tell them. Finding him of no operational value, they shot him dead and as a sign of primordial barbarity they beheaded him. Major Bera who earlier in life fought for mother India, died in the hands of villains of uncertain parentage. Kanai Sheet of Sonachura was the father of Khokan Sheet, a well-known leader of the BUPC. Both of them suffered bullet injuries. Khokan could escape. Kanai was not that lucky. He was taken to Khejury, tortured and killed because his son was resisting land acquisition. (Sukumar Mitra: Despatch from Nandigram: Dainik Statesman)
Horrifying stories of gang rape were told by a few surviving victims in Tamluk hospital where they were undergoing treatment. Afroza Bibi, a rape victim stated that on November 11, 2007 when she had come back from the noon namaaz about 30 armed persons entered her house. They first started beating them up with butts of guns. Then Bachhu, Mir Ahshan, Kalu, S.K. Barik and Abdul Rauf raped her consecutively in presence of her second daughter (16) and youngest daughter (14). Other ruffians looked on. Then her two daughters were gangraped in her presence. Thereafter they kidnapped them. Afroza Bibi did not know where they had taken them. She further stated all of them were known persons. Equally horrifying was the experience of Krishna Pramanik (26). She was dragged away from the procession and gangraped publicly in a public field. She lost consciousness. All these stories were video recorded by volunteer medical personnel later on. (Biswaji Ghosh: Dainik Statesman, Kolkata, November 13, 2007, p. 3)
I stop narrating any more story of bestiality and barbarity.
AND what was the reaction of the Chief Minister Buddha Bhattacharjee? After the “Reconquest of Nandigram” he held a formal press/media conference at the Writers’ Building. He said: “We paid them back in the same coin … Serves them right.” When a journalist asked him whether he was the Chief Minister of West Bengal or only of the CPI-M, the agitated CM shot back that the journal where the journalist worked had been writing provocative pieces for the last 11 months. In any other State such a paper would have been banned. But he did not do so because “I do not want to soil my hand by killing a stinking mole”. This paper is Bartaman, a well-reputed and well-respected Bengali newspaper with more than half-a-million circulation. Commenting on this outrageous observation of the Chief Minister, Ravindra Kumar, Editor of The Statesman, observed: “Unlike the protections granted to the judiciary and legislatures, the law—anticipating perhaps the quality of rulers we would give ourselves—does not characterise contempt of an administrator or of a Chief Minister as a crime. Mr Bhattacharjee’s comment is not only beneath contempt, but it is ominous.” (The Statesman, Kolkata, November 17, 2007)
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the Governor of West Bengal, a noble soul, issued a statement on the happenings of Nandigram on November 9, 2007 to discharge his constitutional duty as a Governor “to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law”. He observed, inter alia, “ … But the manner in which the ‘recapture’ of Nandigram villages is being attempted is totally unlawful and unacceptable. I find it equally unacceptable that while Nandigram has been ingressed with ease by armed people on the one hand, political and non-political persons trying to reach it had been violently obstructed. Some of them were bearing relief articles for the homeless. The treatment meted to Smt Medha Patkar and other associates of hers last evening (November 8, 2007) was against all norms of civilised political behaviour.” He advised the State Government to take certain immediate steps. “These include (i) immediate return of the ingressers; (ii) the giving of urgent relief to the displaced persons in Nandigram; and (iii) the facilitation of their return to their homes. I have also asked the administration to remove the new unauthorised manmade blocks at entry points to (here he mentions names of four different roads) … Let me conclude by saying: Enough is enough. Peace and security should be restored without any delay.”
That was November 9. Full-blooded operations with primordial bestiality and cruelty continued for another 48 hours, that is, till November 11, 2007. Even today sporadic killings and mayhem are continuing in the presence of the CRPF and the State Police. Obviously the threat of pulling the rug by the CPI-M has totally paralysed and incapacitated the UPA Government at the Centre. As a result, they are unable to issue appropriate directive under Article 355 of the Constitution to restore the rule of law in Nandigram and elsewhere in West Bengal after such a severe indictment of the State Government by the Governor and the Calcutta High Court.
The author was the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministries of Finance (Revenue) and Rural Development, and the Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila.
பாதி எரிந்த நிலையில் நந்திகிராமில் வர்க்க எதிரிகள்
பாதி எரிந்தும் எரியாமலும் பல உடல்கள் நந்திகிராமத்தில் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
கொல்லப்பட்டவர்கள் எல்லோரும் வர்க்க எதிரிகள் என்று பெயர் சூட்டப்பட்டுவிட்டதாக உலகெங்கும் இடதுசாரிகளும் கம்யூனிஸ்டுகளும் பொங்கி ஆரவாரிக்கிறார்கள்.
Mutiliated bodies found in Nandigram: Reports
CNN-IBN
Published on Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 16:04, Updated at Wed, Dec 05, 2007
New Delhi: Violence may have given way to an uneasy calm in Nandigram but skeletons continue to tumble out. In a shocking discovery, five trenches were found in Bartala near the CPI-M stronghold of Khejuri on the outskirts of Nandigram on Wednesday morning.
While authorities refused to confirm whether the ‘graves’ were of those people who were killed in violence in Nandigram, news agency PTI reported that five mutilated and half-burnt bodies were found buried in a field nearby.
"We had a tip off that five bodies were buried at the spot. We along with a team of CRPF and CBI went there and found the bodies, but cannot dig them out without a magistrate's order," Midnapore (East) Superintendent of Police SS Panda told PTI.
He also said the authorities were waiting for the magistrate's order before exhuming the bodies and sending them for autopsy. Panda was not sure about the identity of the bodies.
"Five people died while making bombs on October 28. These might be their bodies or it might be the bodies of persons killed on November 6," he was quoted as saying. "We can say everything once the post mortem report comes in," Panda said.
Meanwhile, CRPF handed over the possession of the 'graves' to the local police and is conducting raids in the area for arms and ammunition.
(With agency inputs)
கொல்லப்பட்டவர்கள் எல்லோரும் வர்க்க எதிரிகள் என்று பெயர் சூட்டப்பட்டுவிட்டதாக உலகெங்கும் இடதுசாரிகளும் கம்யூனிஸ்டுகளும் பொங்கி ஆரவாரிக்கிறார்கள்.
Mutiliated bodies found in Nandigram: Reports
CNN-IBN
Published on Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 16:04, Updated at Wed, Dec 05, 2007
New Delhi: Violence may have given way to an uneasy calm in Nandigram but skeletons continue to tumble out. In a shocking discovery, five trenches were found in Bartala near the CPI-M stronghold of Khejuri on the outskirts of Nandigram on Wednesday morning.
While authorities refused to confirm whether the ‘graves’ were of those people who were killed in violence in Nandigram, news agency PTI reported that five mutilated and half-burnt bodies were found buried in a field nearby.
"We had a tip off that five bodies were buried at the spot. We along with a team of CRPF and CBI went there and found the bodies, but cannot dig them out without a magistrate's order," Midnapore (East) Superintendent of Police SS Panda told PTI.
He also said the authorities were waiting for the magistrate's order before exhuming the bodies and sending them for autopsy. Panda was not sure about the identity of the bodies.
"Five people died while making bombs on October 28. These might be their bodies or it might be the bodies of persons killed on November 6," he was quoted as saying. "We can say everything once the post mortem report comes in," Panda said.
Meanwhile, CRPF handed over the possession of the 'graves' to the local police and is conducting raids in the area for arms and ammunition.
(With agency inputs)
Thursday, November 29, 2007
கேரளாவிலும் ஒரு நந்திகிராம்- முன்னாரிலிருந்து பழங்குடியினரை சிபிஎம் துரத்தல்
ஹிந்துஸ்தான் நியூஸ்பிரிண்ட் என்ற நிறுவனத்துக்காக கோதாவில் இறங்கிய சிபிஎம் குண்டர்கள், பழங்குடியினர்களை அவர்கள் வாழும் நிலங்களிலிருந்து துரத்தினர்.
CPI-M activists evict Kerala tribal families
Web posted at: 11/27/2007 0:54:59
Source ::: The Peninsula/ By John Mary
Thiruvananthapuram • In a Nadigram-style operation minus the violence, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists drove out tribal people from Government land atop the Munnar hills today, thwarting their move for a permanent settlement.
Tribal families, who had pitched tents on 1,500 acres allotted to Hindustan Newsprint for its captive plantation at Chinnakkanal, were caught unawares as the CPM cadres staged the takeover operation this morning. The activists, backed by local party reinforcements later in the day, tore down tents and put party flags, declaring the success of the operation.
Local people said tension prevailed in the area since tribal activists have threatened to recover the land and not to leave until the Government honored its commitment to distribute land to all landless Adivasi families in the State.
Tribal families, including children, had occupied the land under the banner of the Adivasi Punaradhivasa Samrakshana Samithy (tribal rehabilitation protection committee).
The provocation had come as the fallout of the deal struck between Chief Minister AK Antony and tribal leader C K Janu. At a grand function, Antony distributed title-deeds but only 540 families out of the 798 families got the land.
“They had waited for more than five years for the land. The Government had forced them to resort to direct action. They have run out of patience and there’s no question of returning without getting the land”, said tribal solidarity leader C P Shaji.
However, the local CPM leaders alleged that Congress and Communist Party of India had instigated the tribal people to occupy Government land so they could grab the land once the dust settled.
Tribal agitation has traversed a chequered course in Kerala. Janu had led many families on a 48-day sit-in in front of the Government Secretariat soon after Antony came to power in 2001.
The agitation ended with Antony agreeing to a seven-point demand, mainly five acres to each landless tribal family and a rehabilitation package to ensure that the land was not alienated.
However, the pact suffered a setback after Janu led a tribal band to the Muthanga wildlife sanctuary in the northern Wynad district two years later, leading to deaths a policeman and a tribal youth.
The most important fallout of agitations has been that both the Government and the tribal activists succeeded in shifting the focus of the nearly 50-year-old tribal struggle in Kerala from the issue of “restoration of alienated land” to one of “land for the landless tribal people”.
In April 1975, Kerala Assembly unanimously adopted the Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act, which sought to prevent the lands of the tribal people from falling into the hands of non-tribal people. The Act also sought to restore to the tribal people their previously alienated lands.
But that has remained mostly on paper.
CPI-M activists evict Kerala tribal families
Web posted at: 11/27/2007 0:54:59
Source ::: The Peninsula/ By John Mary
Thiruvananthapuram • In a Nadigram-style operation minus the violence, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists drove out tribal people from Government land atop the Munnar hills today, thwarting their move for a permanent settlement.
Tribal families, who had pitched tents on 1,500 acres allotted to Hindustan Newsprint for its captive plantation at Chinnakkanal, were caught unawares as the CPM cadres staged the takeover operation this morning. The activists, backed by local party reinforcements later in the day, tore down tents and put party flags, declaring the success of the operation.
Local people said tension prevailed in the area since tribal activists have threatened to recover the land and not to leave until the Government honored its commitment to distribute land to all landless Adivasi families in the State.
Tribal families, including children, had occupied the land under the banner of the Adivasi Punaradhivasa Samrakshana Samithy (tribal rehabilitation protection committee).
The provocation had come as the fallout of the deal struck between Chief Minister AK Antony and tribal leader C K Janu. At a grand function, Antony distributed title-deeds but only 540 families out of the 798 families got the land.
“They had waited for more than five years for the land. The Government had forced them to resort to direct action. They have run out of patience and there’s no question of returning without getting the land”, said tribal solidarity leader C P Shaji.
However, the local CPM leaders alleged that Congress and Communist Party of India had instigated the tribal people to occupy Government land so they could grab the land once the dust settled.
Tribal agitation has traversed a chequered course in Kerala. Janu had led many families on a 48-day sit-in in front of the Government Secretariat soon after Antony came to power in 2001.
The agitation ended with Antony agreeing to a seven-point demand, mainly five acres to each landless tribal family and a rehabilitation package to ensure that the land was not alienated.
However, the pact suffered a setback after Janu led a tribal band to the Muthanga wildlife sanctuary in the northern Wynad district two years later, leading to deaths a policeman and a tribal youth.
The most important fallout of agitations has been that both the Government and the tribal activists succeeded in shifting the focus of the nearly 50-year-old tribal struggle in Kerala from the issue of “restoration of alienated land” to one of “land for the landless tribal people”.
In April 1975, Kerala Assembly unanimously adopted the Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act, which sought to prevent the lands of the tribal people from falling into the hands of non-tribal people. The Act also sought to restore to the tribal people their previously alienated lands.
But that has remained mostly on paper.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
அஸாமில் தொடர் குண்டுவெடிப்புகள்- உல்பா கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் வெறியாட்டம்- 2 பேர் பலி
அஸாமில் தொடர் குண்டுவெடிப்புகள்- உல்பா கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் வெறியாட்டம்- 2 பேர் பலி
18 பேர் படுகாயம்
Serial blasts in Assam, 2 killed
25 Nov 2007, 1946 hrs IST,PTI
GUWAHATI: Two persons were killed and 18 injured as three serial blasts, suspected to have been triggered by ULFA, rocked Assam on Sunday.
One person was killed and 16 injured in a car bomb explosion at Bengpukhuri area in Tinsukia town on Sunday evening, officials said.
In another blast in Athgaon area here, one person was killed and two were injured.
The third explosion took place in Fatasil Ambari area of the city but there was no report of any casualty.
18 பேர் படுகாயம்
Serial blasts in Assam, 2 killed
25 Nov 2007, 1946 hrs IST,PTI
GUWAHATI: Two persons were killed and 18 injured as three serial blasts, suspected to have been triggered by ULFA, rocked Assam on Sunday.
One person was killed and 16 injured in a car bomb explosion at Bengpukhuri area in Tinsukia town on Sunday evening, officials said.
In another blast in Athgaon area here, one person was killed and two were injured.
The third explosion took place in Fatasil Ambari area of the city but there was no report of any casualty.
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